Journeys

Introduction to the Kalman Filter

If you've heard of the Kalman filter before but haven't had a chance to understand what it is, how it helps us solve state estimation problems, or how to implement one yourself, then this is...

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PID Control - A Brief Introduction

This journey covers the very basics of PID control.  The goal is to give you an intuitive understanding of the controller, how to implement it in code, and how to tune it.  Plus, if you're...

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The Basics of the Nyquist Stability Criterion

The Nyquist Stability Criterion can be a bit confusing and daunting when you're first learning it.  This journey is set up to provide the basics in a straightforward and understandable way....

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Why tuning rules for feedforward control for measurable disturbances are req...

Disturbances is one of the most important aspect of control problems. Without disturbances, process uncertainty, or unstable dynamics there would not be any need for feedback. Load...

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What is Systems Engineering?

If you're not sure what systems engineering is or what it takes to be a systems engineer, this is a good starting journey for you.  This journey gently introduces some of the more important...

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Kalman Filter Basics

This journey consists of several educational videos to introduce the basics of Kalman filtering and a virtual lab to let you practice the design and implementation of linear and extended...

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Learning Linear System Identification using Interactive Tools for Process Co...

This journey introduces a fun and different way to learn Linear System Identification concepts by using interactive tools. Open-loop and closed-loop criteria are analyzed and discussed.

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Practical Methods for Real World Control Systems

This journey documents some of my path towards a more practical understanding of feedback control systems.  Along the way, I have learned a lot and wish to share this with others.

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Open-loop vibrational control of an inverted pendulum

This journey explains how inverted pendulums can be balanced with an open-loop vibrational controller. 

All of these resources come from the excellent Twitter thread (referenced below) that...

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Kinematics Basics For Undergrads and High School Students

This Journey covers concepts of Kinematics necessary for Physics, Engineering undergrads and High School students. The topics covered include 1D Kinematics principles, Vectors, Dot and Cross...

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Resources for Teaching Feedback Principles to Middle and High School Student...

This journey contains a variety of talks and papers aimed at giving educators insights into how to introduce the topic of feedback control to audiences from middle and high school STEM...

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The fascinating field of Automatic Control: A Basic Understanding

Understanding the basic ideas of control systems is fundamental before starting to work in control theory. 

This is specially important for short courses, where only a few teaching hours...

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Process Control Concepts and Practice

This journey covers some essential and fundamental concepts of automatic control of continuous process, which includes the in-batch control of batch processes.  It is aimed to provide:

1. Pr...

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