
PID Controller Variations
It is important to understand the variations on the PID algorithm when tuning and when choosing a version that is consistent within your use context. Unfortunately, there are many names for...
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The Pulse Waveform Analyzer app lets you explore the properties of signals commonly used in radar. You can display 2-D and 3-D plots that let you visualize waveform time series and spectra.
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MATLAB command documentation for the Linear-Quadratic Regulator (lqr) function.
See MoreWhat is Residual Analysis?
Residuals are differences between the one-step-predicted output from the model and the measured output from the validation data set. Thus, residuals represent the portion of the validation...
See MoreSimulink example: Adaptive MPC Control of Nonlinear Chemical Reactor Using O...
This example shows how to use an Adaptive MPC controller to control a nonlinear continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) as it transitions from low conversion rate to high conversion rate.
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See MoreHow Antennas Work
Antennas constitute as a major component in various communication systems, signal transmission and many others. It is important to understand how they work and create propagating waves in...
See MoreThe Demod Squad: A Tutorial on the Utility and Methodologies for Using Modul...
Video talk of the paper by the same name.
See MorePrincipal Component Analysis (PCA) 2 [Python]
This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used for principal component analysis (PCA) in Python (part 2).
See MoreCohen-Coon Tuning
A procedure and commentary on this tuning approach that includes deadtime.
See MoreControl Valve Problems
Control valve problems can severely affect control loop performance and, unless eliminated, they can make controller tuning a challenging (sometimes impossible) task. Some problems are quite...
See MoreOverride and Reset Feedback
Override controllers are for safety or switching to auxiliary variables. The non-selected controller needs to prevent becoming wound up.
See MoreJupyter Notebook: Code used to generate vibrational control of inverted pend...
Jupyter Notebook: Code used to generate vibrational control of inverted pendulum figures
See MoreMulti-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Independent vs Cooperative Agents
From the Abstract:
Intelligent human agents exist in a cooperative social environment that facilitates learning. They learn not only by trialand -error, but also through cooperation by...
See MoreSystem Identification: Dynamic Mode Decomposition with Control
This lecture provides an overview of dynamic mode decomposition with control (DMDc) for full-state system identification. DMDc is a least-squares regression technique based on the singular...
See MoreInteractive Tool about PID tuning rules
Hundreds of PID design methods are available in literature. Many of them are very similar and sometimes it is not straightforward to understand their purposes. This interactive software tool...
See MoreTuning PID Controllers
Tuning controllers is the procedure for choosing the coefficient values for the P, I and D modes. It must be simple to execute, fast, and non-disruptive to the operating process. Heuristic...
See MoreGeodetic Coordinates: Computing Latitude and Longitude
In this video we show how to compute the geodetic latitude and terrestrial longitude if given the velocity north and east. This is useful for simulating a body moving over a spheroid Earth...
See MoreIntegral Wind-Up and Solution
What is integral wind-up and how velocity mode solves it.
See MoreThe Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR)
Lecture notes for ECE717 on LQR control by Laurent Lessard. There is a section that shows how the Algebraic Riccati Equation is part of the LQR solution by "completing the square".
See MoreMATLAB Documentation page: idLinear mapping object
This is the Mathworks documentation page for the idLinear mapping object.
See MoreProjectile Motion Practice Problems
In this video, practice along questions on an important topic of Kinematics i.e Projectile Motion. Practicing would help you remember the concepts and also understand them better.
See MoreMATLAB Example: Doppler Estimation
This example shows a monostatic pulse radar detecting the radial velocity of moving targets at specific ranges. The speed is derived from the Doppler shift caused by the moving targets. We...
See MoreModel-Based Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Practice
Blog post by Michael Janner of Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research on model-based reinforcement learning.
See MoreFeedforward tuning rules for measurable disturbances with PID control: a tut...
Feedforward control can be considered as the most well-known control approach to deal with measurable disturbances. It started to be used almost 100 years ago, and since then it is being...
See MoreNonlinear Control Output Signal Characterization
If the process gain makes large changes over the operating range, then tuning PID (or other linear) controllers is difficult. If tuned for one region, the controller is undesirably sluggish...
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