| LEC # | TOPICS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why automatic control? Categorization of control systems | Lecture notes 1 (PDF) |
| 2 | Block diagrams, the effect of feedback | Lecture notes 2 (PDF) |
| 3 | Modeling principles | Lecture notes 3 (PDF) |
| 4 | Block diagram manipulations, Mason' rule | Lecture notes 4 (PDF) |
| 5 | Dynamic response of closed-loop systems | Lecture notes 5 (PDF) |
| 6 | Time-domain specifications | Lecture notes 6 (PDF) |
| 7 | Effect of zeros | Lecture notes 7 (PDF) |
| 8 | The Routh criterion | Lecture notes 8 (PDF) |
| 9 | Effect of noise, steady-state errors | Lecture notes 9 (PDF) |
| 10 | PID control | Lecture notes 10 (PDF) |
| 11 | The root locus method | Lecture notes 11 (PDF) |
| 12 | Root locus rules | Lecture notes 12 (PDF) |
| 13 | Root locus rules, lead compensation | Lecture notes 13 (PDF) |
| 14 | Lag compensation | Lecture notes 14 (PDF) |
| 15 | Zero degree root locus | Lecture notes 15 (PDF) |
| 16 | Frequency response design | Lecture notes 16 (PDF) |
| 17 | Bode plot problems | Lecture notes 17 (PDF) |
| 18 | Bode plots (cont.) | Lecture notes 18 (PDF - 1.6MB) |
| 19 | Complex poles and zeros, unstable poles, and non-minimum phase zeros | Lecture notes 19 (PDF) |
| 20 | The Nyquist stability criterion | Lecture notes 20 (PDF) |
| 21 | The Nyquist stability criterion (cont.) | Lecture notes 21 (PDF) |
| 22 | Nyquist with poles on imaginary axis | Lecture notes 22 (PDF) |
| 23 | Stability margins, Bode gain-phase theorem | Lecture notes 23 (PDF) |
| 24 | Bode compensation | Lecture notes 24 (PDF) |
| 25 | Lead compensation | Lecture notes 25 (PDF) |
| 26 | Lag compensation (cont.) | Lecture notes 26 (PDF) |
| 27 | NMP systems | Lecture notes 27 (PDF) |
| 28 | The Nichols chart | Lecture notes 28 (PDF) |
| 29 | Digital control, the z-transform | Lecture notes 29 (PDF) |
| 30 | The z‐transform, design by emulation, the Tustin transform | Lecture notes 30 (PDF) |
| 31 | Compensator design examples, time delay of ZOH | Lecture notes 31 (PDF) |
| 32 | Discrete design | Lecture notes 32 (PDF) |
| 33 | The w-transform | Lecture notes 33 (PDF) |
| 34 | Design examples, pre‐warping, direct design | Lecture notes 34 (PDF) |
| 35 | Higher harmonic control | Lecture notes 35 (PDF) |