EE Dept.
EE 472 Digital Control
Engineering
Spring Semester 2006
Catalog
Data:
EE 472: Digital Control Engineering. Credit 3. Difference equations and the z-transform, digital control system modeling, digital controller design, introduction to state-space methods. Prerequisite: EE 370.
Textbook:
M. Sami Fadali, Digital Control Systems, Lecture Notes, UNR, 2006.
References
R. G. Jacquot, Modern Digital Control Systems, Marcel Dekker, NY, 1994.
K. Ogata, Digital Control Engineering, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1995.
G. F. Franklin, J. D. Powell, M.L. Workman, Digital Control of Dynamic Systems, Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1998.
Instructor: M. Sami Fadali, Professor, EE (Office SEM 325, T, Th 10-12., W 4-5 or by appointment)
http://www.unr.nevada.edu/~fadali/fadali.html
Goals: To introduce electrical engineering seniors to digital control system modeling, analysis & design.
Prerequisites by Topic: Root locus, Frequency Response, Linear Algebra.
ABET Categories: a, b, c, d, e, g, i, k
Topics (1 class =
50min.):
Introduction to Digital Control. (1 class, e)
The z-transform. (3 classes, a)
Impulse Response and z-Transformation. (3 classes, a)
Frequency Response of Discrete-Time Systems. (2 class)
Modeling Digital Control Systems. (3 classes, a, e, i)
Steady-State Error Computation for Digital Control Systems (2 classes, a, e, i)
Stability of Digital Control Systems (2 classes, a, e, i)
Review of Classical Control Design. (3 classes, a, b, c, d, e, g, i, k)
z-Domain Design. (9 classes, a, b, c, d, e, g, i, k)
State-Space Models of Discrete-Time Systems. (5 classes, a)
Introduction to State-Space Design. (2 classes, a, b, c, d, e, g, i, k)
Computer Usage: Students are expected to use the CAD packages PROGRAM CC and MATLAB extensively throughout the course as part of their weekly homework assignments.
Laboratory Projects: (3 classes) Two-tank experiment. Written reports are required for each lab.
Graduate students registered in the course must complete a Digital Control research project.