ECE 461: Controls Systems (JSG)

Date		Lecture Pdf of all lectures combined	Movies	HW	Lab & Downloads
Aug 22	W	Introduction			2^nd-Order Approcimations
Aug 24	F	LaPlace Transforms			2^nd-Order Approcimations
Aug 27	M	Block Diagrams and VisSim		HW #1 Solution #1 Quiz #1	Help with VisSim
Aug 29	W	1^st and 2^nd Order Approximations
Aug 31	F	State-Space and Canonical Forms
Sep 3	M	Holiday!		HW #2 Solution 2
Sep 5	W	SciLab and MATLAB	Animation in MATLAB
Sep 7	F	Circuits and Differential Equations
Sep 10	M	Heat Equation		HW #3	Motor Dynamics pdf - zip
Sep 12	W	Mechanical Systems
Sep 14	F	Motor Dynamics
Sep 17	M	LaGrangian Dynamics	Ball in Bowl Animation
Sep 19	W	Career Fair – Help Session	HW #4 Animation
Sep 21	F	Review
Sep 24	M	Test #1 (Monday due to career fair)		Term Project Handout
Sep 26	W	Error Constants
Sep 28	F	Routh Criteria
Oct 1	M	Feedback and Root Locus
Oct 3	W	Sketching a Root Locus Plot	Root Locus
Oct 5	F	Gain Compensation
Oct 8	M	Lead Compensation	Gain Compensation		Speed Control Pdf - zip
Oct 10	W	PID Compensation	Lead Compensation
Oct 12	F	Meeting Design Specs	PI Compensation
Oct 15	M	Systems with Delays
Oct 17	W	Multi-Loop Feedback
Oct 19	F	Gantry Systems
Oct 22	M	Lightly Damped Systems
Oct 24	W	Unstable Systems
Oct 26	F	Review
Oct 29	M	Test #2
Oct 31	W	z-transforms
Nov 2	F	Root Locus in the z-domain
Nov 5	M	Lead Compensation in the z-domain
Nov 7	W	PID Compensation in the z-domain
Nov 9	F	Bode Plots
Nov 12	M	Holiday!
Nov 14	W	Nichols Charts
Nov 16	F	Nyquist, Inverst Nyquist Plots
Nov 19	M	Phase Margins & Gain Compensation			Angle Control Pdf - zip
Nov 21	W	Lead Compensators Lag Compensators
Nov 23	F	Holiday!
Nov 26	M	Meeting Design Specs			Senior Design Demo Day (no lab)
Nov 28	W	Review
Nov 30	F	Test #3
Dec 3	M	Term Project Presentations
Dec 5	W	Term Project Presentations
Dec 7	F	Review
					Sample Final v1