ECEN 4138/5138, L.

Pao Course Calendar August 24, 2015

August / September
Week Monday Wednesday Friday
1 24 26 28
Topic Lec 1: Start-up and Overview of Control Lec 2: Laplace & Inv Laplace Trnsfrms Lec 3: Modeling Mech Systems
Reading 1 3.1, Appendix A 2.1
Due
Handouts HW 1
Assessments Sample Entrance Quiz (for practice) Entrance Quiz (at beginning of class)

2 31 2 4
Topic Lec 4: Modeling Electrical Systems Lec 5: Modeling Electromechanical Sys Lec 6: Block Diagram Analysis
Reading 2.2 2.3 2.5 3.2
Due HW 1 due
Handouts 5138 Project Guidelines HW 2
Assessments

3 7 9 11
Topic

Labor Day / No Classes Lec 7: Dynamic Response

Lec 8: Transient Response
Reading 3.3 3.4
Due 5138 project summary
Handouts
Assessments
4 14 16 18**
Topic Lec 9: Effect of Addl Poles and Zeros Lec 10: Stability & Modeling from Exp Catch up / Review of Selected Concepts
Reading 3.5 3.6 3.9 1 3
Due HW 2 due
Handouts HW 3
Assessments
5 21 23 25
Topic Lec 11: Feedback Control Lec 12: System Type Lec 13: Proportional & Derivative Ctrl
Reading 4.1 4.2 4.3
Due
Handouts
Assessments Quiz (at beginning of class)
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September / October
Week Monday Wednesday Friday
6 28 30 2
Topic Lec 14: Integral and PID Control Lec 15: Model Inverse Feedforward Ctrl Lec 16: Root Locus Design Method
Reading 4.3 4.4 4.7 5.1 5.2
Due HW 3 due 5138 project progress report 1
Handouts HW 4
Assessments

7 5 7 9
Topic Lec 17: Root Locus Plotting Rules Lec 18: Root Locus Examples Lec 19: Root Locus Examples
Reading 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3
Due HW 4 due
Handouts HW 5
Assessments

8 12 14 16
Topic Lec 20: Lead and L ag Compensation Lec 21: Root Locus Design & Extensions

Lec 22: Frequency Response
Reading 5.4 5.5 5.7 6.1
Due 5138 project progress check meetings
Handouts
Assessments

9 19 21 23
Topic Lec 23: Bode Plots and Stability Wrap Up and Review
Reading 6.2 1 6.2 1 6.2
Due HW 5 due at 12pm
Handouts HW 6
Assessments Midterm Exam

10 26 28 30
Topic Lec 24: Nyquist Plots and Stability Lec 25: Bode and Nyquist Plots Lec 26: Gain and Phase Margins
Reading 6.3, Appendix WA 6.3 6.4 6.6
Due
Handouts
Assessments
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November / December
Week Monday Wednesday Friday
11 2 4 6
Topic Lec 27: Lead and Lag Compensation Lec 28: Design Considerations Lec 29: Introduction to State Space
Reading 6.7 6.7 6.10 7.1, Appendix WB
Due HW 6 due
Handouts HW 7
Assessments

12 9 11
13
Topic Lec 30: State Equations Lec 31: Block Diagrams & State Eqns Lec 32: Poles & Zeros from State Eqns
Reading 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.4
Due 5138 project progress report 2
Handouts
Assessments

13 16 18** 20**
Topic Lec 33: State Fdbk & Pole Placement Lec 34: Gen Ctrl Sys Design Principles Catch up / Review of Selected Concepts
Reading 7.5 7.6 10.1 10.2
Due HW 7 due
Handouts HW 8
Assessments

14
23 25 27
Topic Fall Break / No Classes Fall Break / No Classes Fall Break / No Classes
Reading
Due
Handouts
Assessments

15 30 2 4
Topic Lec 35: Estimators Lec 36: Combined Cntrller & Estimator Lec 37: Intro of Ref Input w/ Estimator
Reading 7.7 7.8 7.9
Due 5138 final project report
Handouts
Assessments

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December
Week Monday Wednesday Friday
16 7 9 11
Topic 5138 Project Presentations 5138 Project Presentations 5138 Project Presentations*
Reading
Due HW 8 due at 12pm
Handouts
Assessments

17
Tuesday
15




Assessments Final Exam, 4:30-7pm

*We will review for the final exam as time permits.

**I will be out of town on the underlined purple dates (September 17-20 and November 17-21). With this course being recorded by Be Boulder
Anywhere (BBA), I am trying to work out details with the BBA studio on when we can do a few recordings outside of the usual class times in order
to make up for the missed classes. I will announce the times for these make-up classes once they are set, and I hope that many of you will be able to
attend these make-up classes so that we can discuss the material interactively; if you cannot attend these make-up classes, you can view the
recordings online. While I am away, the Grader will hold office hours during my usual office hour times in the OCS Conference Room (ECEE
1B45), and I will announce and hold some additional office hours around the trip dates as well.