EE 452 Digital Control Systems
EE 452 Digital Control Systems
EE 452 Digital Control Systems
Designation: Elective
Catalog Description: Sampling/reconstruction, Z-transform, DT transfer function.
Reachability/observability. State and output feedback, observer design, input-output models,
Diophantine equations. Implementation procedures.
Credits: 3
Pre- and Co-requisites: Prerequisites: EE 315 “Signals and Systems Analysis” and EE 351
“Feedback-Control Systems” of Instructor Consent.
Class/Lab Schedule: Three 50-minute lectures per week.
Class Information
This is an undergraduate-level course on computer-controlled dynamic systems. It builds on an
introductory undergraduate course in control systems such as EE 351, and emphasizes a discrete-
time viewpoint for the analysis of dynamical systems and the synthesis of control laws meeting
given design specifications. To follow and appreciate the course, a descent understanding of
EE351 material is required.
Topics Covered:
• Computer control (2 hours)
• Sampling of continuous systems (2 hours)
• Computer oriented mathematical models: discrete-time systems (9 hours)
• Analysis of discrete-time systems (9 hours)
• From analog design to digital design (4 hours)
• State-space design methods (6 hours)
• Pole placement design based on input-output models (5 hours)
Computer Usage: There is extensive computer usage since the students use the following
computer aided design tools: Matlab/Simulink (system design and simulation software tool) and
word processing for lab reports. The students are required to use Matlab/Simulink for most of
their lab experiments. In addition, around a third of the homework assignments have a problem,
which requires the Matlab/Control Systems design toolbox.
Design Credits and Features: There are 0.5 design credits. There are design problems in the
homework assignments, and computer aided design tools are used in assignments.