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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 461/661: Controls Systems

Syllabus - Fall 2024

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Syllabus - HW & Solutions - Resources - Comments

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Instructor: Jacob Glower

Contact: Jacob.Glower@ndsu.edu
Class Times: MWF 10am, ECE 123

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	Date	Lecture	Videos and Code YouTube PlayList	Handouts	Homework
M	Aug 26	Holiday!	Download Matlab (link here) Download SciLab (link here) VisSim (link here)		HW1
W	Aug 28	Syllabus Intro to Ladder Logic	0: Syllabus 1 Intro to PLCs
F	Aug 30	Code Composer Workbench PLCs and State Transition Logic	2 Logic with PLCs 3 State Transition Logic
M	Sep 2	Holiday -			HW2
W	Sep 4	Timer Blocks Counter Blocks	4 Timers 5 Counters
F	Sep 6	For-Next Loops, If-Then Statements Analog Inputs & Comparitors
M	Sep 9	Structured Text (ST) Programs	6 ST Intro 7 ST Counters 8 ST Timers		HW3 - HW4 Solution #4 (pdf) Solution #4 (YouTube)
W	Sep 11	LaPlace Transforms Slides #10	10 LaPlace	10 LaPlace
F	Sep 13	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 16	Block Diagrams Slides #12	12 Block Diag	12 Block Diagrams	HW5 Solution #5 (pdf) Solution #5 (YouTube)
W	Sep 18	State-Space and Canonical Forms Slides #13	13 State Space	13 State Space
F	Sep 20	Electrical Circuits: Heat Equation Slides #14	14 Circuits	14 RLC Heat.m
M	Sep 23	Mass Spring Systems: Wave Equation Slides #15	15 Mass Spring	15 MBK Wave.m	HW6 Solution #6 (pdf) Solution #6 (YouTube)
W	Sep 25	Career Fair (no class)
F	Sep 27	Rotational Systems & Gears Slides #16	16 Rotational Systems	16 JDK
M	Sep 30	Modeling a DC Servo Motor Slides #17	17 Modeling a DC Motor		Test #1 Test #1 Solution (pdf) Test #1 (YouTube)
W	Oct 2	Review
F	Oct 4	Test #1
M	Oct 7	Error Constants Slides #18	18 Error Constants	18 Error Const	HW7 Solution #7 (pdf) Solution #7 (YouTube)
W	Oct 9	Routh Criteria Slides #19	19 Routh Criteria	19 Routh Table
F	Oct 11	Sketching a Root Locus Plot Slides #20	20 Root Locus	20 Root Locus a
M	Oct 14	Root Locus with Complex Poles Slides #21	21 Root Locus b	21 Root Locus b	HW8 Solution #8 (pdf) Solution #8 (YouTube)
W	Oct 16	Gain Compensation Slides #22	22 Gain Comp	22 Gain Comp
F	Oct 18	Lead Compensation Slides #23	23 Lead	23 Lead
M	Oct 21	PID Compensation Slides #24	24 PID Heat.m Heat Equation Simulation	24 PID	HW9 Solution #9 (pdf) Solution #9 (YouTube)
W	Oct 23	Meeting Design Specs Slides #26	26 Meeting Specs	26 Meeting Specs
F	Oct 25	Systems with Delays Slides #27	27 Delays	27 Delays
M	Oct 28	Unstable Poles and Multi-Loop Feedback Slides #28	28 Unstable Poles	28 Unstable Poles	Test #2 Test #2 Solution (pdf) Test #2 (YouTube)
W	Oct 30	Review
F	Nov 1	Test #2
M	Nov 4	z-transform Slides #29	29 z Transform	29 z Transforms	HW10 Solution #10 (pdf) Solution #10 (YouTube)
W	Nov 6	s to z Conversion Slides #30	30 s to z	30 s to z
F	Nov 8	Root Locus in the z-Domain Slides #31	31 Root Locus	31 Root Locus
M	Nov 11	Holiday -			HW11 Solution #11 (pdf) Solution #11 (YouTube)
W	Nov 13	Digital PID Control Slides #32	32 Digital PID	32 z PID
F	Nov 15	Meeting Design Specs in the z-plane Slides #33	33 Design Specs	34 Design Specs
M	Nov 18	Digital Control of a DC Servo Motor Slides #34	34: Digital Control of a DC Servo Motor		HW12 Solution #12 (pdf) Solution #12 (YouTube)
W	Nov 20	Bode Plots Slides #35	35 Bode Plots	35 Bode Plots
F	Nov 22	Nichols Charts and Gain Compensation Slides #36	36 Nichols	36 Nichols
M	Nov 25	Gain and Lead Compensation with Bode Plots Slides #37	37 Gain & Lead	37 Gain & Lead
W	Nov 27	Holiday!
F	Nov 29	Holiday!
M	Dec 2	Meeting Design Specifications Slides #39	39 Design Specs	39 Specs	Test #3 Test #3 Solution (pdf) Test #3 (YouTube)
W	Dec 4	Review
F	Dec 6	Test #3
M	Dec 9	Lag Compensators Slides #38	38 Lag	38 Lag
W	Dec 11	Modern Control (preview of ECE 463/663)
F	Dec 13	Review
Tu	Dec 17	Final Exam (1-3pm)			Final Exam Tuesday, Dec 17^th 1-3pm (in-person) 6am – midnight (BlackBoard)
		PID with a DC Servo Motor Slides #25	25: PID of DC Servo Motor