Dynamic System Modeling and Control Design
(Spring 2025)
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No Office Hours Until Sunday 2/9!
First Prelab Due 2/14 10am.
No Office Hours Until Sunday 2/9!
First Prelab Due 2/14 10am.
Lectures 1-190 (NOTE CHANGE): Mondays and Wednesdays, 3pm
Labs 38-528: Fridays 10am-1pm or Fridays 2pm-5pm
Office Hours 38-528: Tuesdays and Thursdays 7:30pm-10:30pm and Sundays 2pm-5pm, 7:30pm-10:30pm
Tentative calendar: details may change as the semester proceeds.
| Week | Lecture A (Monday) |
Lecture B (Wednesday) |
Prelab | Lab | Postlab |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 3 Introduction to Control | Feb 5 First-Order Systems Handout | Prelab 1 | Lab 1: Fast and SpuriousA | |
| 2 | Feb 10 Linearity, Time Invariance, and Steady-State Handout | Feb 12 System Identification Handout | Lab 1: Fast and SpuriousB PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 1: Fast and Spurious | |
| 3 | Feb 17 Second Order Systems Handout | Feb 19 Matrix DEs, Evalues, Nat Freqs Handout | Prelab 2 | Lab 2: Code Of ArmsA | |
| 4 | Feb 24 PD and PID Controllers | Feb 26 Stability and Steady-State | Lab 2: Code Of ArmsB PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 2: Code of Arms | |
| 5 | Mar 3 From DT to CT | Mar 5 CT System Functions and Block Diagrams | Prelab 3 | Lab 3: A Disturbance in the ForceA | |
| 6 | Mar 10 Transfer Functions, Blacks Formula | Mar 12 Frequency Response, Disturbance Rejection | Lab 3: A Disturbance in the ForceB PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 3: A Disturbance in the Force Postlab Solutions | |
| 7 | Mar 17 Poles, Zeros, and Frequency Response | Mar 19 Gain and Phase Margins, PD Control | Prelab 4 | Lab 4: Marginal Maglev: Simplified ModelA | |
| 8 | Mar 31 Lead Compensation | Apr 2 Disturbance, Lead, Lag, Lead-Lag | Lab 4: Marginal Maglev: Lead DesignB PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 4: Marginal Maglev | |
| 9 | Apr 7 State-Space Approach | Apr 9 Transfer Functions and State-Space | Prelab 5 | ||
| 10 | Apr 14 State Space Control Design | Apr 16 CT to DT in State Space | Lab 5: Win, Place, LQRA PRELAB REQUIRED! | ||
| 11 | Apr 21 Patriots Day (no lecture) | Apr 23 Linear Quadratic Regulators | Lab 5: Win, Place, LQRB PRELAB REQUIRED! | Postlab 5: Win, Place, LQR | |
| 12 | Apr 28 Tracking Errors and Disturbances | Apr 30 State-Space Control with Observers | Prelab 6 | Lab 6: Observe and LearnA | Postlab 6: Learn and Observe |
| 13 | May 5 Observer Design | May 7 Noise Performance | Lab 6: Observe and LearnB PRELAB REQUIRED! | ||
| 14 | May 12 What's Next? | May 14 No Class | No lab |