EE 401 Control Systems Analysis and Design
Course Overview and Introduction
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Course Overview
• Course Web Page:
 mercury.pr.erau.edu/~bruders/
 Blackboard
• Pre-Requisite:
 EE 309 Signal and Linear System Analysis
• Co-Requisite:
 EE 402 Control Systems Lab
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Section 51: Thurs 9:10 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. in KEC 122
Section 50: Thurs 1:25 p.m. – 4:05 p.m. in KEC 122
• Schedule:
 M/W/F 10:20 am – 11:20 am in King Eng. Rm 131
• Instructor:
 Dr. Stephen Bruder
 Office: King Eng. Rm. 108
 Email: bruders@erau.edu
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Course Overview
• Required Textbook:
 Feedback Control Systems, 5/E by Charles L. Phillips and
John Parr, 2011.
• Software Usage:
 MATLAB, Simulink, and some Mathematica
• Course Description:
 Modeling, analysis, and design of analog and digital linear
control systems using time and frequency domain
techniques. Topics include feedback control system
characteristics performance analysis and stability, Ztransforms, and controller design.
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Course Overview
• Course Objectives:
 Provide students with a background in the modeling,
analysis, and design of both analog and digital control
systems
 Offer exposure to real-world considerations via cumulative
case study examples and co-requisite labs
 Lay the foundation for the potential pursuit of more
advanced topics in control theory
• Grading Scheme:
Homework Assignments
Two Mid-Term Exams
Final Exam
Class Participation
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25%
40%
30%
5%
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Course Overview
• Grading Scheme:
 Weekly homework assignments - 25 %
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Due in-class (typically Monday)
 Mid-Term exams (Open book/notes) - 40 %
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Mid-Term exam #1: Friday, September 26, 2014 (cumulative)
Mid-Term exam #2: Friday, October 31, 2014 (cumulative)
 Final Exam (Open book/notes) - 30 %
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Thursday, 11th December, 2014 (cumulative)
 Class participation - 5 %
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Attendance - Subjective evaluation
Completion of course evaluation by >90% of class
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Academic Integrity/Conduct
Embry-Riddle is committed to maintaining and upholding intellectual integrity. All
students, faculty, and staff have obligations to prevent violations of academic integrity
and take corrective action when they occur. The adjudication process will include the
sanction imposed on students who commit the following academic violations, which
may include a failing grade on the assignment, a failing grade for the course,
suspension, or dismissal from the University.
1. Plagiarism: Presenting as one’s own the ideas, words, or products of another.
Plagiarism includes use of any source to complete academic assignments without
proper acknowledgment of the source.
2. Cheating is a broad term that includes the following:
 Giving or receiving help from unauthorized persons or materials during
examinations.
 The unauthorized communication of examination questions prior to, during, or
following administration of the examination.
 Collaboration on examinations or assignments expected to be individual work.
Fraud and deceit, which include knowingly furnishing false or misleading information
or failing to furnish appropriate information when requested, such as when applying
for admission to the University.
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Course Outline
• Course Description
1. Modeling
• Electrical
• Mechanical
• Electro-Mech
• Other
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2. Analysis
3. Design
• Time/Freq Resp
• Routh-Hurwitz
• Root Locus
• Analog/Digital
• Lead/Lag
Compensators
• PID controllers
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Course Outline
1. Modeling:
 Chapter 2
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Course Outline
2. Analysis:
 Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Course Outline
3. Design:
 Chapters
7, 9, 11, 12, 13
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Course Outline
3. Design:
 Chapters
7, 9, 11, 12, 13
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Introduction to Control
Automobile Cruise Control
• A System to be Controlled
Input
Output
𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡
• Open-Loop Control
Desired
Output
Output
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟
𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡
• Closed-Loop Control
Desired
Output

Output
error
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟
𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟
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𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡
feedback
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An Example of a Control System
• Aircraft Flight Path Control System (GNC)
 Global Position System (GPS) and Inertial Navigation System
(INS) - position and attitude sensors
Input:
Desired
Flight
Path

error
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟
𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡 + Actuators
𝐴𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑡
𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑠, 𝑟𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠,
𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑓𝑡 𝑑𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑠, …
Output:
Actual Flight Path
𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟
Measured flight
path
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𝐺𝑃𝑆/𝐼𝑁𝑆
feedback
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