University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Advanced Control Design Lab

ECE 238 - Spring 2010

Instructor: Prof. Katie Byl
(katiebyl@ece.ucsb.edu)

Teaching Assistant: Steven Quintero
(stevenpro@engineering.ucsb.edu)

Schedule:   Group 1: Mon, Wed noon-12:50pm   HFH 3120A
    Group 2: Mon, Wed 1:00-1:50pm  HFH 3120A

(Here are quick links to our download and upload websites.)

Course Description: This is a project-based course in digital control. We will cover a variety of topics relevant and typical to real-world control implementations: sampling, filters, digital control design, and a variety of non-linear dynamic effects (saturation, slew rates, friction, backlash, etc.). Typical projects include: inverted pendulum swing up and stabilization, pendubot control, a chaotic bouncing ball, a maglev device, and a balancing seesaw. Additional student-designed options are certainly possible (and encouraged!), but you must demonstrate working hardware by the mid-term review to continue work on any project using equipment that is not already in the Control Lab (HFH 3120A).

Prerequisites: A good graduate course in Controls.

Office Hours: Wednesday 2-4pm (and/or by appointment), in HFH 5115.

Lab: Open hours, by card access, in HFH 3120A.

Required Text/Readings: There is no required text for this course. If you want a reference, I suggest “Digital Control of Dynamic Systems” by Franklin, Powell and Workman (FPW) [3rd ed., Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 1998].

Grading: The goal of this course is to get hands-on experience at “making things work” via digital control, and this will require completion of a term project of your choice. The homework assignments should be helpful toward this goal, but are of secondary importance. Your grade will be the higher of the following two options:
         Option 1:    20% Homework  and   80% Final Project
         Option 2:    50% Homework  and   50% Final Project

Homework: Homework will consist of a combination of on-paper problems and in-lab assignments. Homework can be turned in either electronically (see link below for the ece 238 electronic drop box website) or in the homework drop box outside of HFH 3120A.

Links to additional materials for the class:   ECE 238 assignments and handouts (download site)
Electronic homework drop box website:   ECE 238 electronic homework submissions (upload site)

 

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Last Updated: April 13, 2010