Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Graham Town
Contact via graham.town@mq.edu.au
E6A 230
Other Staff
Yam Siwakoti
Contact via yam.siwakoti@mq.edu.au
Other Staff
Sajad Ghatrehsamani
Contact via sajad.ghatrehsamani@mq.edu.au
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
ELEC240(P) and (ELEC270(P) or ENGG270(P) or ELEC290(P)) and (MATH232(P) or MATH235(P))
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Topics covered in this unit include:
- Overview of mathematical models of linear systems (differential equations, transfer function, state space and canonical forms).
- Analysis and performance of single-input single-output feedback systems – zero-input response, zero-state response, transfer function, transient response (rise time, overshoot, settling time), proportional-integral-derivative (PID) compensation, lead-lag compensation).
- Modern control-system analysis and design methods – controllability, observability, cost functions, optimal control, optimal observer and state estimation, multiple-input multiple-output systems).
- Introduction to analysis and design of digital control systems – discrete approximations of continuous systems, transform techniques, state-space methods).
- Applications of control in electronic systems (eg, feedback amplifiers, phase-locked loops) and servo-control systems (eg, for antenna pointing and satellite tracking).
- Use of MATLAB for control-system analysis and design.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Due |
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Regular tutorial assignments | 20% | as per the unit schedule |
Major assignment | 10% | as per unit schedule |
Quizzes | 10% | as per unit schedule |
Laboratory tasks and reporting | 0% | as per unit schedule |
Laboratory report | 10% | as per unit schedule |
Final examination | 50% | as per exam timetable |
Due: as per the unit schedule
Weighting: 20%
Assigned problems as per the unit timetable. Each week's assigned problems to be completed and returned for marking by the following week.
Due: as per unit schedule
Weighting: 10%
An assignment task defined early in semester, to be completed during the semester, and submitted for assessment as per the unit timetable.
Due: as per unit schedule
Weighting: 10%
3 multiple choice quizzes (~ 15 minutes each) conducted in class during semester.
Due: as per unit schedule
Weighting: 0%
Four laboratory tasks to be completed and recorded in a dedicated laboratory workbook, signed off each week. Formal laboratory report to be completed for specified laboratory tasks to be assessed.
Due: as per unit schedule
Weighting: 10%
A detailed report of the work conducted, and results obtained, for the laboratory exercise specified in the unit timetable.
Due: as per exam timetable
Weighting: 50%
Moderated examination at end of semester
N.S. Nise, “Control Systems Engineering”, John Wiley & Sons, 6th edn 2011. ISBN: 978-0471-79475-2.
All students will be assumed to have access to this textbook. All tutorial problems will be taken from this text.
There is an associated student resources webpage (e.g. with m-files for textbook examples):
http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=0470547561&bcsId=5848
Lecture notes will be handed out each week - it is expected that students read these notes before the next class at which they will be discussed.
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All information and communications relevant to this unit will be via that website.
Laboratory and tutorial classes will rely heavily on the use of MatLab and Simulink with the Control Toolbox. You are encouraged to use these tools to complete and check all tutorial and assignment work. The software will also be available on PCs in the Scientific Computing Laboratory in E7B208/209.
The assessment has changed - a major assignment has been included.
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