by Jai P. Agrawal (Author)
The text is aimed at the students who are just beginning their control education in the undergraduate program of engineering/technology. The text covers a lot of ground to enable the students to learn the language of control. Familiarize them with many important concepts and methods of digital control and yet not burden them with complex issues such as the sensitivity parameters and margins of stability. The textbook also concentrates on the time domain discussion and do not go in to the frequency domain methods to keep it simple. The book uses MATLAB very liberally to illustrate the control concepts and examples. Each concept has an example which the instructor can take up in the classroom or assign for self-study. Students can use these numerous examples for experiential learning. The book also uses SIMULINK examples to show sample-by sample processing of the concepts of control. Lastly the book gives examples of how to implement a digital controller using a Digital Signal Processor such as the Texas Instrument's 320C6713 processor. Each chapter includes one or two laboratory exercises using MATLAB AND SIMULINK, which can be used by the instructors in Lab instruction.