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Controls · Undergraduate · Engineering
Learning objectives from the Controls syllabus, grouped by unit. Click an objective for study materials.
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Modeling and dynamic response
- Open-loop versus closed-loop control architectures — Open-loop versus closed-loop control architectures
- Transfer functions from ODEs via Laplace transform — Transfer functions from ODEs via Laplace transform
- Block diagram algebra and signal-flow graphs — Block diagram algebra and signal-flow graphs
- Standard first- and second-order system models — Standard first- and second-order system models
- Poles, zeros, and their effect on time response — Poles, zeros, and their effect on time response
Frequency domain and state space
- Bode plots: gain and phase margins — Bode plots: gain and phase margins
- Nyquist stability criterion (intro) — Nyquist stability criterion (intro)
- Stability margins and robustness concepts — Stability margins and robustness concepts
- State-space models: ẋ = Ax + Bu — State-space models: ẋ = Ax + Bu
- Controllability and observability (definitions) — Controllability and observability (definitions)
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- Modeling and dynamic response
Open-loop versus closed-loop control architectures
Coming soon - Frequency domain and state space
Bode plots: gain and phase margins
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