3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Distance Learning Upper DivisionIntroduction to automatic controls with reference to automation of industrial machines and processes, including linear dynamic systems, feedback control, and elements of systems analysis. Introduction to digital control.
Learning Outcomes1Able to design basic control systems using block diagrams.
2Able to determine the feedback equation of block diagrams.
3Able to interpret state-space models.
4Able to compute state-spaced equations.
5Able to conduct basic dynamic modeling of a control system.
6Able to classify a linear time-invariant system into known classes.
7Able to compute the dynamic response of a control system.