This textbook presents theory and practice in the context of automatic control education. It presents the relevant theory in the first eight chapters,
applying them later on to the control of several real plants. Each plant is studied following a uniform procedure: a) the plants function
is described, b) a mathematical model is obtained, c) plant construction is explained in such a way that the reader can build his or her own plant to conduct experiments, d) experiments are conducted to determine the plants parameters, e) a controller is designed using the theory discussed in the first eight chapters, f) practical controller implementation is performed in such a way that the reader can build the controller in practice, and g) the experimental results are presented. Moreover, the book provides a wealth of exercises and appendices reviewing the foundations of several concepts and techniques in automatic control. The control system construction proposed is based on inexpensive, easy-to-use hardware. An explicit procedure for obtaining formulas for the oscillation condition and the oscillation frequency of electronic oscillator circuits is demonstrated as well.
Chapter 1: Introduction.
Chapter 2: Physical system modeling.
Chapter
3: Ordinary linear differential equations.
Chapter 4: Stability criteria and
steady state error.
Chapter 5: Time response-based design.
Chapter
6: Frequency response-based design.
Chapter 7: The state variables
approach.
Chapter 8: Advanced topics in control.
Chapter 9: Feedback
electronic circuits.
Chapter 10: Velocity control of a PM brushed DC motor.-
Chapter 11: Position control of a PM brushed DC motor.
Chapter 12: Control
of a servomechanism with flexibility.
Chapter 13: Control of a magnetic
levitation system.
Chapter 14: Control of a ball and beam system.
Chapter
15: Control of a Furuta pendulum.
Chapter 16: Control of an inertia wheel
pendulum.- A: Fourier and Laplace transforms.- B: Bode diagrams.-
C: Decibels, dB.- D: Magnetically coupled coils.- E: Euler-Lagrange equations
subject to constraints.- F: Numerical implementation of controllers.-
G: MATLAB/Simulink code used for some simulations.- Index.
Prof. Dr. Victor Manuel Hernįndez-Guzmįn is a Professor at Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Mexico, since 1995, where he teaches Classical and Modern (Linear and Nonlinear) Control in undergraduate and graduate academic programs. He is a researcher in the Automatic Control Systems field.
Prof. Dr. Ramón Silva-Ortigoza has been a Researcher at the Department of Mechatronics, CIDETEC-IPN, since 2006, being the author of several books in English and Spanish. His research interests include mechatronic control systems, mobile robotics, control in power electronics, and development of educational technology.
