ECE 5700

Digital Control Systems

Chapter 1
Dr. Bradley J. Bazuin
Western Michigan University
College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
1903 W. Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo MI, 49008-5329
Closed-Loop Systems
Design and control system operation based on specified
parameters using feedback.
System forcing functions (inputs) augmented by the internal
state(s) and output(s).
The system components.
ECE 6950
Notes and figures are based on or taken from materials in the course textbook: C.L. Phillips and H.T Nagle,
Digital Control System Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0-13-309832.
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The system components.
Plant: the system to be controlled
Sensors: measure output(s) and internal state(s).
Difference: compute an error or difference signal between the
desired and actual plant variables
Compensation/Actuator: uses the error to generate open-loop plant
control inputs. Note: the compensator/actuator is a filter!
Linear Time-Invariant
LTI systems are the focus of typical control system classes
Non-linear systems are most often linearized
Principals:
Superposition
Causal
Continuous time systems
Analog, continuous time
Discrete time systems
Signals change values at discrete times
Sensors, difference and actuator may be digital, plant may be
continuous or digital.
ECE 6950 Notes and figures are based on or taken from materials in the course textbook: C.L. Phillips and H.T
Nagle, Digital Control System Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0-13-309832.
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Examples
Automatic aircraft landing system
Satellite orbit control
Servomotor systems
General positioning systems
Antenna pointing system Antenna pointing system
Tracking radars, non-geo satellite communications
Robotic control systems
Manufacturing, remote operation
Temperature control systems
General component mixing for chemicals and drugs
ECE 6950 Notes and figures are based on or taken from materials in the course textbook: C.L. Phillips and H.T
Nagle, Digital Control System Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0-13-309832.
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The Control Problems
1. Disturbance rejection
2. Steady-state error
3. Transient Response
4. Sensitivity to parameter changes in the plant
ECE 6950 Notes and figures are based on or taken from materials in the course textbook: C.L. Phillips and H.T
Nagle, Digital Control System Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0-13-309832.
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Control Problem Solutions
Solving inherent control problems may involve
1. Choosing sensors to measure the requested feedback signals
2. Choosing actuators to drive the plant
3. Developing the plant, sensor, and actuator models
Validating engineering assumptions Validating engineering assumptions
4. Designing the controller based on the developed models and the
control criteria
5. Evaluating the design analytically, by simulation, and finally, by
testing physical systems
6. Iterating the procedure until a satisfactory physical-system
response results
Updating models, sensors, and actuators based on acquired
information and going back to step 1.
ECE 6950 Notes and figures are based on or taken from materials in the course textbook: C.L. Phillips and H.T
Nagle, Digital Control System Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0-13-309832.
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Review of Linear Systems
ECE 3710 Linear Systems
WMUs first undergraduate control systems class
R.C. Dorf and R.H. Bishop, Modern Control Systems, n-th ed. ,
Prentice Hall, 20XX. (There is a new edition every 2-3 years).
Chapters 1-9
ECE 6950 Notes and figures are based on or taken from materials in the course textbook: C.L. Phillips and H.T
Nagle, Digital Control System Analysis and Design, Prentice Hall, 1995, ISBN: 0-13-309832.
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