Control Systems 1

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

436-204 Systems Modelling or 431-221 Fundamentals of Signals and ­Systems.

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Upon completion students should be familiar with the concepts and terminology of classical linear control design including lead, lag and lag-lead controllers and PID control; know how to draw and analyse Nyquist plots and the root locus; be familiar with the basics of digital controlling including quantisation, ADC, DAC, Z-transforms and design by emulation; understand the principles of filtering and amplification; including filter design, signal conditioning, sensor characteristics and non-linear effects; be able to perform and analyse Fast Fourier Transforms and Discrete Fourier Transforms; and understand how to program PLCs.

One 3-hour end-of-semester examination (70%); two assignments each up to 15 pages (20%) and one laboratory report of up to 15 pages (10%), to be submitted throughout the semester.

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This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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