Module Code - Title:
EE6452
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DIGITAL CONTROL
Year Last Offered:
2025/6
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
To study the application of digital computers to control engineering problems.
Syllabus:
Linear System Analysis: Z-transform representations and discrete-time state-space descriptions of sampled data systems. Stability and performance analysis using Bode, Nyquist and Root Locus methods.
Digital Control Law Design: PID controller design for sampled data systems using time-domain and frequency-domain techniques.
Development and Testing: Software implementation and test of digital controllers.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Choose effective control strategies to address a range of real-world control problems.
2. Design PID controllers for a selection of different problem formulations.
3. Simulate plant and controller implementations using Matlab and Simulink.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Assess the limits of performance for practical system examples.
2. Interpret system performance using time-domain performance metrics.
3. Interpret system performance using frequency-domain performance metrics.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
1. Apply computer-based modelling and analysis tools to the question of control system design.
2. Implement control algorithms on embedded processors.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
Lectures, Labs and Tutorials.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Ogata, K. (1995)
Discrete-Time Control Systems (2nd Ed.)
, Pearson
Other Relevant Texts:
Franklin, G., Powell, J. & Emami-Naeini, A. (2019)
Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems (8th Ed.)
, Pearson
Nise, N. (2019)
Control Systems Engineering (8th Ed.)
, Wiley
Dorf, R. and Bishop, R. (2022)
Modern Control Systems (14th Ed.)
, Pearson
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
BEECENUFA - ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
MEECENTFA - ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
MECCSYTFA - COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
GDCOENTFA - COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Spring
Module Leader:
mark.halton@ul.ie