Index of class resources

General Class Information — class and section times, instructor and TA information

Lecture Video — Video files of the lectures, and download information for the right codec.

Handouts — homework problem sets, homework solutions, other helpful handouts

• Course Syllabus
• MATLAB primer
• MATLAB Handout
• PID without PhD, a quick and dirty guide to controller tuning.
• Homework
• Homework Solutions
• Class PowerPoint Presentations

Lecture Videos

The technology to record these videos is supported by a grant from the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), and it is an experiment. Feedback as to the utility, and the usability of these videos would be highly appreciated. The basic hardware required is a tablet PC with the Office Tablet PC extensions, and a standard headset to capture the lecturers voice. Additionally, a program called Camtasia is used to capture the entire sequence into a standard movie format that can then be viewed at a later time for review and additional study.

You may view these lectures at any time, but do not distribute them beyond the UCSC environment. These lectures have been created using the Camtasia software, and can be played through the Camtasia player software, downloadable for free from techsmith here, or through the standard windows media player with the techsmith codec.

 

• Lecture #1, 30-Mar-2004, Introduction to Feedback.
• Lecture #2, 01-Apr-2004, Laplace Transform.
• Lecture #3, 06-Apr-2004, Convolution and State-Space
• Lecture #4, 08-Apr-2004, Partial Fraction Expansion
• Lecture #5, 13-Apr-2004, Frequency Response
• Lecture #6, 15-Apr-2004, 2nd Order Response
• Lecture #7, 20-Apr-2004, Routh Stability (sorry, no sound)
• Lecture #8, 22-Apr-2004, PID Control
• Lecture #9, 27-Apr-2004, System Type, Root Locus
• Lecture #10, 29-Apr-2004, More Root Locus
• Lecture #11, 04-May-2004, Root Locus Rules
• Lecture #12, 06-May-2004, Midterm Review
• Lecture #13, 11-May-2004, Lead/Lag Compensators
• Lecture #14, 13-May-2004, Pole/Zero Cancellations
• Lecture #15, 18-May-2004, Bode Plots
• Lecture #16, 20-May-2004, Nyquist Stability
• Lecture #17, 25-May-2004, Bode Design Techniques
• Lecture #18, 27-May-2004, Robust Design Criterion
• Lecture #19, 01-Jun-2004, Digital Control
• Lecture #20, 03-Jun-2004, Final Review

Homework

Homeworks are handed out in class on Teusdays, and are due back in my office, 353B Baskin Engineering, at 5 PM on Thursday of the following week. Homeworks will only be accepted at the beginning of class, not at the end of class. Homeworks turned in late will be recieve half the total points once the solution set has been posted. Cooperation and collaboration on the homeworks is encouraged, but this is NOT liscence to copy. The work you turn in should be your own.

1. Homework #1: Equations of Motion, out 30-Mar-2004, Due 8-Apr-2004 @ 5 PM. Photocopies pages of the problem set are here for those that cannot get access to a copy of FPW.
2. Homework #2: Dynamic Response, out 07-Apr-2004, Due 15-Apr-2004 @ 5 PM. Answers to selected questions are posted here.
3. Homework #3: 2nd Order Response, out 13-Apr-2004, Due 22-Apr-2004 @ 5 PM. Answers to selected questions are posted here.
4. Homework #4: Basic Control System Design, out 22-Apr-2004, Due 29-Apr-2004 @ 5 PM. Answers to selected questions are posted here.
5. Homework #5: Root Locus Sketching, out 30-Apr-2004, Due 06-May-2004 @ 5 PM.
6. Homework #6: Midterm Review, out 06-May-2004, Due 13-May-2004 @ 5 PM.
7. Homework #7: Root locus design, using Lead/Lag/Notch Compensation, out 13-May-2004, Due 20-May-2004 @ 5 PM.
8. Homework #8: Bode Plots, out 20-May-2004, Due 27-May-2004 @ 5 PM.
9. Homework #9: Bode Design, out 27-May-2004, Due 03-June-2004 @ 5 PM.

Exams

• Midterm Exam, out 10-May-2004, Due 11-May-2004.
• Midterm Solutions, posted 13-May-2004.
• Final Exam, out 07-Jun-2004, Due 08-Jun-2004.
• Final Exam Solutions, posted 10-Jun-2004.

Homework Solutions

1. Homework #1 Solution Set
2. Homework #2 Solution Set
3. Homework #3 Solution Set
4. Homework #4 Solution Set
5. Homework #5 Solution Set
6. Homework #6 Solution Set
7. Homework #7 Solution Set
8. Homework #8 Solution Set
9. Homework #9 Solution Set

Class PowerPoint Lectures

The class powerpoint lectures use the digital ink capabilities of the TabletPC. The ink is saved into the black powerpoint presentation, and the presentation is saved to the website for convinience. Note that there seems to be a large scale degredation in quality of the ink as it is saved into the documents.

1. Lecture #1: Introduction to Feedback, 30-Mar-2004
2. Lecture #2: The Laplace Transform, 01-Apr-2004 (Lost first section due to computer crash)
3. Lecture #3: Convolution and State Space Representation, 06-Apr-2004.
4. Lecture #4: Partial Fraction Expansion, 08-Apr-2004 (Lost most of the ink due to Powerpoint crashes).
5. Lecture #5: Frequency Response and Block Diagram Reduction, 13-Apr-2004.
6. Lecture #6: 2nd Order Systems and response, 15-Apr-2004.
7. Lecture #7: Routh-Herwitz Stability criterion, 20-Apr-2004.
8. Lecture #8: PID Control Introduction, 22-Apr-2004.
9. Lecture #9: System Type and Introduction to Root Locus, 27-Apr-2004.
10. Lecture #10: More Root Locus Rules, 29-Apr-2004 (Lost first half of class due to powerpoint lockup).
11. Lecture #11: More Root Locus Rules, 04-May-2004.
12. Lecture #12: Midterm Review, 06-May-2004.
13. Lecture #13: Lead/Lag Compensation, 11-May-2004.
14. Lecture #14: Pole/Zero Cancellations, 13-May-2004.
15. Lecture #15: Bode Plots, 18-May-2004.
16. Lecture #16: Bode/Nyquist Stability, 20-May-2004.
17. Lecture #17: Bode Design Technique, 25-May-2004.
18. Lecture #18: Robust Design Criterion, 27-May-2004.
19. Lecture #19: Digital Control Techniques, 01-Jun-2004.
20. Lecture #20: Final Review, 03-Jun-2004.

Lecture times:

Teusday-Thursday, 2:00 - 3:45 PM, Porter College Rm. 241

Instructor:

Name: Gabriel Hugh Elkaim (elkaim@soe.ucsc.edu)

Phone: 831-459-3054

Office: Jack Baskin Engineering, 353B

Instructor Office Hours:

Teusday-Thursday, 4:00 - 5:30 PM, and by appointment