Dynamical System Modeling and Control Design

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Welcome to 6.3100/6.3102: Dynamical System Modeling and Control Design.

Upcoming Lab/Office Hours:

Tues. (12/12): Lab 7pm-10pm

Wed. (12/13): Last Lecture. 3pm-4pm, 32-144, Please come give Feedback on Feedback, your ideas do MAKE a difference (and also here about next classes).

Thursday:12/14: Lab 2pm-5pm

Friday: 12/15: Last lab hours: 10am-1pm, 2pm-5pm

Lectures: Mondays and Wednesdays, 3pm, 32-141 Lecture videos in Resources pull-down menu.
Labs: Fridays 10am-1pm or 2pm-5pm, 38-545
Office Hours: Mondays (7pm-10pm), Thursdays (7pm-10pm), Sundays (2pm-5pm and 7pm-10pm), 38-545.

Information about the structure of activities in this subject as well as grading policies can be found here.

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Week Monday
Lecture A
Wednesday
Lecture B

Pre-Lab
Friday
Lab

Post-Lab
1
Sep 04
Reg Day - No Class
Sep 06
Introduction
Diff Eqns and Feedback
here
Fast and Spurious
here
2
Sep 11
First-Order LTI systems
Notes  
Sep 13
Identifying Parameters
Notes  
Fast and Spurious (Due 9am,10/03)
here
3
Sep 18
Higher-Order DT Systems and Natural Frequencies
Notes  
Sep 20
Complex Nat. Freqs, Oscillations, and Decay
Notes  
Student Holiday- No lab 9/23
4
Sep 25
DT State-Space, LTI, Feedback
Notes  
Sep 27
Natural Frequencies and Eigenvalues
Notes  
Higher-Order DT Systems and State-Space
here
Code of Arms
here
5
Oct 02
DT PID and State-Space
Notes  
Oct 04
DT to CT: \lambda^n to e^{\lambda t}
Notes  
Code of Arms, (Due 9am,10/18)
here
6
Oct 09
Student Holiday - No Class
Oct 11
CT Natural Frequencies
Notes  
Sinusoidal Steady State
here
A Disturbance in the Force
here
7
Oct 16
CT Transfer Functions
Notes  
Oct 18
CT Frequency Response
Notes  
A Disturbance in the Force, (Due 9am, 11/1 (grace until 9am Monday 11/13))
here
8
Oct 23
CT Gain and Phase Margins
Notes  
Oct 25
CT Lead Compensation
Notes  
Lead Compensation
here
Marginal Maglev - PartA
here
9
Oct 30
CT Lead Compensation Continued
Notes  
Nov 01
Design Example
Notes  
Marginal Maglev - PartB
here
Marginal Maglev (No Handin Required!)
here
10
Nov 06
CT State Space and Feedback
Notes  
Nov 08
Pole Placemen
Notes  
Pole placement and LQR
here
Holiday
11
Nov 13
Metrics and LQR
Notes  
Nov 15
Picking State Weights
Notes  
Win, Place, LQR
here
12
Nov 20
CT Observers
Notes  
Nov 22
CANCELLED (Tues Off Hrs)!
Holiday
13
Nov 27
CT to DT LQR
Notes  
Nov 29
DT Observers
Notes  
Observers
here
Learn and Observe
here
14
Dec 04
DT Observer
Dec 06
Learning and Control
Notes  
15
Dec 11
No Lecture: Lab 36-545
Dec 13
Final Lecture: What Next?