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ECE 486 Lecture Slides

We mostly follow the slides by Prof Maxim Raginsky and Prof Daniel Liberzon.

Some lecture notes are from Prof Peter Seiler.

Detailed Syllabus for Spring 2021

Date Topic Additional Reading
08/24 Introduction to feedback control

Historical overview

FPE Ch. 1, Control - A perspective
08/26 LTI systems & their dynamic response FPE Sections 1.1, 1.2, 2.1 - 2.4, 7.2
08/31 Dynamic responses with arbitrary initial conditions FPE Section 3.1, Appendix A
09/02 Prototype 2nd-order system & transient response specifications FPE Section 3.3 - 3.4, Lab manual
09/07 Review of SS models of systems; linearization; system modeling diagrams; interconnections FPE Section 3.2, Lab manual
09/09 Effect of zeros & extra poles; Routh-Hurwitz stability criterion FPE Sections 3.5 - 3.6
09/14 Basic properties & benefits of feedback control FPE Sections 4.1, Lab manual
  Introduction to Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control, Part IA, Part IB FPE Sections 4.2 - 4.3, Lab manual
  PID control, Part II - Tuning A classic paper and a relatively recent survey
  PID control, Part III - Windup, saturation, etc- Part A, Part B FPE Section 4.2 - 4.3, Section 9.3.1
  Introduction to Root Locus design method (rules ABC) FPE Chapter 5
  Root Locus continued; introduction to dynamic compensation (rules DEF) FPE Chapter 5
  Lead & lag dynamic compensation FPE Chapter 5
  Lead & lag continued; introduction to frequency-response design method FPE Section 5.1 - 5.4, Section 6.1
  Bode plots for (A) 1st & 2nd order systems and (B) general systems FPE Section 6.1
  (A) Stability from frequency response; (B) gain & phase margins FPE Section 6.1
  Control design using frequency response FPE Chapter 6
  Control design using frequency response continued; PI & lag, PID & lead-lag FPE Chapter 6
  Nyquist stability criterion; Cauchy's argument principle FPE Chapter 6; a paper
  Nyquist stability criterion continued; gain & phase margins from Nyquist plots FPE Chapter 6
  Discussions on loop shaping- Part 1  
  More discussions on loop shaping - Part 2  
  Introduction to state-space design FPE Chapter 7
  Controllability, stability, & pole-zero cancellations; similarity transformation; canonical forms FPE Chapter 7
  Pole placement by full state feedback FPE Chapter 7
  Observer design for state estimation FPE Chapter 7
  Dynamic output feedback continued FPE Chapter 7
  In-class review Good luck!