ENEE461: Control Systems Laboratory

Credits: 3

Description

Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in ENEE205, ENEE222, and ENEE245; and minimum grade of C- in ENEE322 or ENEE323.
Restriction: Must be in one of the following programs (Engineering: Computer; Engineering: Electrical); and permission of ENGR-Electrical & Computer Engineering department.
Credit only granted for: ENEE461, ENME461, or ENME489N.
Students will design, implement, and test controllers for a variety of systems. This will enhance their understanding of feedback control and familiarize them with the characteristics and limitations of real control devices. They will also complete a small project. This will entail writing a proposal, purchasing parts for their controller, building the system, testing it, and writing a final report describing what they have done.

Semesters Offered

Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026, Spring 2027
Testudo

Learning Objectives

  • Understand the design and implementation of control systems for single-input single-output linear time-invariant systems
  • Understand and be able to use the laboratory techniques, tools, and practices of control engineering
  • Be able to report the results of their work in the laboratory accurately, in appropriate detail, and concisely
  • Be able to specify components, implement a control systems, test and debug it,  and appropriately report the results of a control design project

Topics Covered

  • PID control
  • Lead/Lag controller design
  • Modeling and identification of linear time-invariant systems
  • Implementation of control systems in a computer
  • Saturation and other nonlinearities in control systems
  • Techniques for understanding the effects of nonlinearity and compensating for it
  • The linear quadratic optimal regulator
  • Switching controllers