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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 461/661: Controls Systems

Syllabus - Fall 2023

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Syllabus - HW & Solutions - Resources - Comments

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Instructor: Jacob Glower
Contact Info: Jacob.glower@ndsu.edu or jacob_glower@yahoo.com
Class Times: MWF 10am, ECE 123

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	Date	Lecture	Videos and Code YouTube PlayList	Handouts	Homework
M	Aug 21	Holiday!	Download Matlab (link here) Download SciLab (link here) VisSim (link here)		HW #1
W	Aug 23	Syllabus Intro to Ladder Logic	0: Syllabus 1 Intro to PLCs
F	Aug 25	Code Composer Workbench PLCs and State Transition Logic	2 Logic with PLCs 3 State Transition Logic
M	Aug 28	Timer Blocks Counter Blocks	4 Timers 5 Counters		HW #2
W	Aug 30	For-Next Loops, If-Then Statements Analog Inputs & Comparitors
F	Sep 1	Structured Text (ST) Programs	6 ST Intro 7 ST Counters 8 ST Timers
M	Sep 4	Holiday!			HW #3 - HW #4 Solution #4 (pdf) Solution #4 (YouTube)
W	Sep 6	LaPlace Transforms Slides #10	10 LaPlace	10 LaPlace
F	Sep 8	1^st and 2^nd Order Approximations Slides #11	11 1^st & 2^nd Order	11 Find G(s) 2^nd Order Approx
M	Sep 11	Block Diagrams Slides #12	12 Block Diag	12 Block Diagrams	HW #5 Solution #5 (pdf) Solution #5 (YouTube)
W	Sep 13	State-Space and Canonical Forms Slides #13	13 State Space	13 State Space
F	Sep 15	Electrical Circuits: Heat Equation Slides #14	14 Circuits	14 RLC Heat.m
M	Sep 18	Mass Spring Systems: Wave Equation Slides #15	15 Mass Spring	15 MBK Wave.m	HW #6 Solution #6 (pdf) Solution #6 (YouTube)
W	Sep 20	Rotational Systems & Gears Slides #16	16 Rotational Systems	16 JDK
F	Sep 22	Modeling a DC Servo Motor Slides #17	17 Modeling a DC Motor
M	Sep 25	Error Constants Slides #18	18 Error Constants	18 Error Const	Test #1 Test #1 Solution (pdf) Test #1 (YouTube)
W	Sep 27	Review
F	Sep 29	Test #1
M	Oct 2	Routh Criteria Slides #19	19 Routh Criteria	19 Routh Table	HW #7 Solution #7 (pdf) Solution #7 (YouTube)
W	Oct 4	Sketching a Root Locus Plot Slides #20	20 Root Locus	20 Root Locus a
F	Oct 6	Root Locus with Complex Poles Slides #21	21 Root Locus b	21 Root Locus b
M	Oct 9	Gain Compensation Slides #22	22 Gain Comp	22 Gain Comp	HW #8 Solution #8 (pdf) Solution #8 (YouTube)
W	Oct 11	Lead Compensation Slides #23	23 Lead	23 Lead
F	Oct 13	PID Compensation Slides #24	24 PID Heat.m Heat Equation Simulation	24 PID
M	Oct 16	Meeting Design Specs Slides #26	26 Meeting Specs	26 Meeting Specs	HW #9 Solution #9 (pdf) Solution #9 (YouTube)
W	Oct 18	Systems with Delays Slides #27	27 Delays	27 Delays
F	Oct 20	Unstable Poles and Multi-Loop Feedback Slides #28	28 Unstable Poles	28 Unstable Poles
M	Oct 23	PID with a DC Servo Motor Slides #25	25: PID of DC Servo Motor		Test #2 Test #2 Solution (pdf) Test #2 (YouTube)
W	Oct 25	Review
F	Oct 27	Test #2
M	Oct 30	z-transform Slides #29	29 z Transform	29 z Transforms	HW #10 Solution #10 (pdf) Solution #10 (YouTube)
W	Nov 1	s to z Conversion Slides #30	30 s to z	30 s to z
F	Nov 3	Root Locus in the z-Domain Slides #31	31 Root Locus	31 Root Locus
M	Nov 6	Digital PID Control Slides #32	32 Digital PID	32 z PID	HW #11 Solution #11 (pdf) Solution #11 (YouTube)
W	Nov 8	Meeting Design Specs in the z-plane Slides #33	33 Design Specs	34 Design Specs
F	Nov 10	Holiday!
M	Nov 13	Digital Control of a DC Servo Motor Slides #34	34: Digital Control of a DC Servo Motor		HW #12 Solution #12 (pdf) Solution #12 (YouTube)
W	Nov 15	Bode Plots Slides #35	35 Bode Plots	35 Bode Plots
F	Nov 17	Nichols Charts and Gain Compensation Slides #36	36 Nichols	36 Nichols
M	Nov 20	Gain and Lead Compensation with Bode Plots Slides #37	37 Gain & Lead	37 Gain & Lead
W	Nov 22	Holiday!
F	Nov 24	Holiday!
M	Nov 27	Meeting Design Specifications Slides #39	39 Design Specs	39 Specs	Test #3 Test #3 Solution (pdf) Test #3 (YouTube)
W	Nov 29	Review
F	Dec 1	Test #3
M	Dec 4	Lag Compensators Slides #38	38 Lag	38 Lag	Final Exam Solution to Final (pdf)
W	Dec 6	Modern Control (preview of ECE 463/663)
F	Dec 8	Review
Tu		Final Exam 8am (in-person) Also available on Blackboard: 6am-midnight