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


Advanced Design Control Lab

ECE 238 - Spring 2010

Handouts (including Labs and other HW)


* Note: items in light gray are tentative!

Date    Day and Itinerary      Assignment(s)     Due Dates and Solutions     Other Material

3/29 1.   Course overview   - Syllabus
Discrete Transfer Fn (DTF) / filters   Notes Day 1
3/31 2. Lab 1: Introduction / Encoders   Lab 1 (ver.A) (due 4/7)
[prob. 7 is not required]
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4/5 3. Control Review / Loop-shaping  - Notes Day 3
4/7 4. Lab 2a: System ID  Lab 2a (due 4/19)
[Lab 2 has parts a and b.]
1: Lab 1 solution files: lab1s.pdf, lab1_mfile.m, lab1_matfile.mat-

4/12 5. Frequency-Domain Control Design -
4/14 6. Lab 2b: Motor Control; Anti-windup  Lab 2b (due 4/19) -

4/19 7. noon-12:50 - Deriving and linearizing EOMs
1-1:50 - MATLAB modeling tutorial
 - 2: Lab 2 (parts a and b) DUE -
4/21 8. Lab 3: Project Survey of in-lab hardware  Mid-term Update Info
("Lab 3", due 4/28)
Project Info

4/26 9. Partial Feedback linearization (PFL)  - -
4/28 10. Mid-Term Project: Presentations  - 3: Mid-Term Project Summary DUE
(Note: submit this as "Assignment 3")
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5/3 11. Sensor fusion   Sensor Fusion
5/5 12. Estimators (aka Observers)  - observer_design.m
Observer notes

5/10 13. Kalman filtering  - Kalman filter notes
5/12 14. Lab 4: State estimation methods  Lab4a.m -

5/17 15. Project implementation 1 (various topics)  - - -
5/19 16. Project implementation 2 (various topics)  - 4: Assignment 4 due-

5/24 17. Lab 5: Analog elements; anti-alias and smoothing filters  - 5: Assignment 5 is an in-class worksheet -
5/26 18. Magnetic systems / demo  - -

5/31 - - no official class (Memorial day) -  Open office hours in lab -
6/2 19. Final Project: "Group 1" Presentations  noon-2pm in HFH 3120A --

6/8 Final Final Project: "Group 2" Presentations  noon-3pm in HFH 3120A --
6/10 Final Project: Write-ups Due at midnight 6: Write-ups due (submit as Assignment 6)-

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