Handbook

The key objectives of the course are to understand the concept of feedback in control systems and develop the necessary skills for analysing and designing closed-loop control systems.

Throughout the course, students will learn various concepts and tools for system design and analysis, including: ordinary differential equations, linearisation techniques, Laplace transforms, transfer functions, block diagrams, transient and steady-state response of first and second-order systems, poles and zeros, the concept of system stability, root locus, Bode and Nyquist plots, PID control, lead and lag compensators, frequency domain control design, state space models, state feedback control, controllability and observability, and Luenberger observer.

This course is specifically designed for Mechatronics students and incorporates relevant mechatronic examples.