ECE 476 Syllabus

Logic Programming

Introduction to programmable Logic Controllers

Ladder Logic.

Basic Instruction Set

Counters and Timers

Lab: control of a manufacturing station.

Modeling Identification and Control

Linear algebra review

Models of mechanical systems from Newton's Laws

The Lagrangian Method

Linear and nonlinear system models.

Linear systems parameters identification.

Identification of a second order system from its step response.

Identification based on Least Square approximation.

Lab: modeling identification and controller  design for the  motion control experiment.

Modern control of MIMO systems

State-Space representation

Linearization around equilibrium points.

Controllability

Observability

Modal decomposition

Pole placement by state feedback

Estimators

Model Based Controllers

Lab: local analysis and stabilization of a pendubot.