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580.222: Signals, Systems and Control

Spring 2007

Description

This is a beginning course in control of linear, time-invariant, single-input, single-output (SISO) systems.

Topics

March 19  Laplace Transform  
March 21  Inverse Laplace Transform  
March 26  Transfer functions, poles and zeros, stability of SISO LTI systems.  
March 28  Characteristics of the response of first and second order systems.   HW1 due
April 02  Characteristics of the response of first and second order systems.   
April 05  PID Control: Proportional Feedback  HW 2 due
April 09  PID Control: Integral and Differential Feedback  
April 11  MIDTERM  HW3 due
April 16  PID Control: Ziegler-Nichols Rules, stability of closed-loop linear systems.    
April 18  Input/output and state-space representations  hw4 DUE
April 23  Controllability, controller design by pole placement.  
April 25  Observability, observer design and state estimation (Kalman filter)  HW5 due
May 03    HW6 due
May 10    FINAL

Prerequisites

Linear Algebra and Differential Equations.

Instructor

René Vidal rvidal@cis.jhu.edu

Teaching Assistants

Donavan Cheng: donavan . cheng @ gmail . com

Yan Qi: yanqi @ jhmi . edu

Office Hours

Yan Qi: Clark 213, Mondays 10 AM to 12 noon

Donavan Cheng: Clark 213, Tuesdays 10 AM to 12 noon

René Vidal: Clark 308B, by appointment only

Textbook

Gene Franklin, J.D. Powell, Abbas Emami-Naeini, Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems (5th Edition)

Schedule

MW 8.30-10:00am, Room Shafer 3

Homework

There will be one homework assignment every week. Homeworks are strictly individual. Be extremely neat, precise, and concise. It is important that you learn what to include and what to omit from your solutions. Staple your homework in the upper left corner, and begin each problem, in correct order, at the top of a new page (or side).

All of the problems that will be assigned can and should be solved using material that we have discussed in class. Do not solve a problem by quoting a theorem in some reference, or by stating that the solution is an easy consequence of Theorem 5.5 in a book you found.

Grading Policy

Homework: 30% (Due every wednesday at the beginning of the class)

Midterm: 30% (Wednesday April 11 08:30-10:00 AM)

Final: 40% (Thursday May 10 2:00-5:00 PM)

 

 

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