Læringsmål

Learn basic control systems theory. Acquire practical skills in implementing a compound control system involving a practical discrete-time PID controller, a measurement filter, and a control system simulator. Learn LabVIEW programming. Learn practical group-based project work and report writing.

Innhold

The course consists of two parts: (1) Theoretical part: Systems theory for dynamic systems. Feedback. Stability. PID-controller design and tuning. Discrete-time systems theory and controller design. Simple adaptive control (gain scheduling). Feed-forward control. Dead-time compensation. Cascade control. Introduction to multivariable control. Using Matlab for analysis, design and simulation. (2) Project part: One group-based project, including report writing and oral presentation. LabVIEW programming. Implementation of a compound control system for a physical process using LabVIEW running on a PC with I/O hardware, including a practical discrete-time PID controller, a measurement filter, and a control system simulator.

Organisering

Lectures. Group-based practical project.

Vurderingsformer

Written exam counting 60% of the final grade. This exam covers the theoretical part of the course, but there may be some questions about the project part, too. Group-based project work counting 40%. There will also be given compulsory exercises. To obtain a passing grade of the course it is necessary to pass both parts (written exam and project work) and to accomplish thecompulsory exercises satisfactorily.

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