CORRECTION: Bode Plots by Hand: Complex Poles or Zeros
10 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
I explain how to determine the straight-line estimate of the Bode Plot for a second order transfer function with a pair of complex poles. This video is a repeat of the last half of the Bode...
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A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning
Beginner
Article / Blog
Theory
Machine Learning Explained in interactive visualizations (part 1).
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Peter Ponders PID - Controlling an Under Damp Mass and Spring System
24 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
Demonstrates:How to calculate the PID gains. The importance of the derivative gain. How to simulate the mass and spring systemControl limitations based on s...
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Heat Transfer Demonstration
63 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
In this video we demonstrate heat transfer through a metal bar. By heating one side of the bar we can impose a non-uniform temperature distribution across t...
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Data-Driven Control: Balanced Models with ERA
6 min
Intermediate
Video
Theory
In this lecture, we connect the eigensystem realization algorithm (ERA) to balanced proper orthogonal decomposition (BPOD). In particular, if enough data is collected, then ERA produces...
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Machine Learning Control: Genetic Programming
12 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This lecture explores the use of genetic programming to simultaneously optimize the structure and parameters of an effective control law.
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Numerically Linearizing a Dynamic System
104 min
Intermediate
Video
Theory
In this video we show how to linearize a dynamic system using numerical techniques. In other words, the linearization process does not require an analytical description of the system. This...
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Peter Ponders PID - Why PID with 2nd Derivative Gain?
27 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
If you have ever tuned a hydraulic system and wondered why PID control didn't work better than PI control the answer is here. Since the 1980s people have kn...
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Frequency domain – tutorial 2: Fourier series
25 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
In this video, we learn Fourier series which enables us to travel from time to the frequency domain when a signal is periodic. The following materials are co...
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Data-Driven Control: Observer Kalman Filter Identification
12 min
Intermediate
Video
Theory
In this lecture, we introduce the observer Kalman filter identification (OKID) algorithm. OKID takes natural input--output data from a system and estimates the impulse response, for later...
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Understanding Model Predictive Control, Part 4: Adaptive, Gain-Scheduled and...
6 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This video explains the type of MPC controller you can use based on your plant model, constraints, and cost function. An optimization problem with these properties is a convex one, and you...
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Design of Embedded Robust Control Systems Using MATLAB®/Simulink®
Intermediate
Book
Demonstration
Robust control theory allows for changes in a system whilst maintaining stability and performance. Applications of this technique are very important for dependable embedded systems, making...
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TikZ source Code: RL Series
Beginner
Source Code
Application
TikZ source Code for RL Series.
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Time domain - tutorial 1: what is signal processing?
1 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
In this video, we review the concept of signal processing and why it is useful to learn it. Learn Signal Processing 101 in 31 lectures covering time, frequen...
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Drone Simulation and Control, Part 3: How to Build the Flight Code
18 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This video describes how to create quadcopter flight software from the control architecture developed in the last video. It covers how to process the raw sensor readings and use them with...
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dRehmFlight VTOL - Teensy (Arduino) Flight Controller and Stabilization
5 min
Beginner
Video
Application
dRehmFlight VTOL is a new flight controller and stabilization package intended to be used for small to medium sized hobby or research projects. dRehmFlight is the code, and the physical...
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Inputs and Outputs as defined by a Process Control Engineer
7 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
Defining process inputs and outputs is a lot more complicated than I initially thought when I was learning about process control. In this video, I share how ...
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TikZ source Code: matlab2tikz example
Beginner
Source Code
Application
TikZ source Code: matlab2tikz example
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Stanford CS234: Reinforcement Learning | Winter 2019 | Lecture 4 - Model Fre...
78 min
Intermediate
Video
Theory
Professor Emma Brunskill
Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Stanford AI for Human Impact Lab
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab
Statistical Machine Learning Group
Final Value Theorem and Steady State Error
12 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This Final Value Theorem is a way we can determine what value the time domain function approaches at infinity but from the S-domain transfer function. This is very helpful when we're trying...
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RL Course by David Silver - Lecture 10: Classic Games
111 min
Intermediate
Video
Theory
An overview of Game Theory, minimax search, self-play and imperfect information games.
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Solving the Heat Equation with the Fourier Transform
11 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This video describes how the Fourier Transform can be used to solve the heat equation. In fact, the Fourier transform is a change of coordinates into the eigenvector coordinates for the...
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State Space Representation of Differential Equations
69 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
In this video we show how to represent differential equations (either linear or non-linear) in state space form. This is useful as it allows us to combine an...
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Designing a Lag Compensator with Root Locus
11 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This video walks through a phase lag compensator example using the Root Locus method.
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