Why Digital Beamforming Is Useful for Radar
13 min
Intermediate
Video
Theory
Learn how you can use digital beamformers to improve the performance and functions of radar systems. The MATLAB Tech Talk series on radar covered how to use radar to determine range, range...
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Data-Driven Dynamical Systems Overview
21 min
Intermediate
Video
Theory
This video provides a high-level overview of this new series on data-driven dynamical systems. In particular, we explore the various challenges in modern dynamical systems, along with...
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Discrete control #4: Discretize with the matched method
14 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This is the fourth video on discrete control and in this video we are going to continue exploring the different techniques we can use to discretize a continuous system and talk about the...
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Linear Regression
10 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
Linear regression is a cornerstone of data-driven modeling; here we show how the SVD can be used for linear regression.
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MATLAB Example: Train MBPO Agent to Balance Cart-Pole System
Intermediate
Example
Demonstration
This example shows how to train a model-based policy optimization (MBPO) agent to balance a cart-pole system modeled in MATLAB. For more information on MBPO agents, see Model-Based Policy...
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Model Reference Adaptive Control of Aircraft Undergoing Wing Rock
Intermediate
Project
Theory
This example shows how to control roll and roll rate of a delta wing aircraft undergoing wing rock. For this example, the system model is unknown. Therefore, you use model reference adaptive...
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Extremum Seeking Control in Matlab
17 min
Beginner
Video
Application
This lecture explores extremum-seeking control (ESC) on a simple example in Matlab. In particular, a discrete-time (digital) version of ESC is coded in a Matlab script.
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Nonlinear Model Identification
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Application
Mathwork overview page describing nonlinear model identification. Use nonlinear model identification when a linear model does not completely capture your system dynamics. You can identify...
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MPCTools: Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Tools for CasADi (Python Interf...
Intermediate
Software
Application
This Python package is a collection of model predictive control tools that build on CasADi by providing a simpler interface. Along with the python package, there are a bunch of example files...
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ITSIE: An Interactive Software Tool for System Identification Education
Beginner
App
Application
ITSIE is an Interactive Tool for System Identification Education. The tool is developed using Sysquake, a Matlab-like language with fast execution and excellent facilities for interactive...
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3-DOF Orientation Tracking with IMUs
30 min
Beginner
Article / Blog
Theory
This document is not meant to be a comprehensive review of orientation tracking for virtual reality applications but rather an intuitive introduction to inertial measurement units (IMUs) and...
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MATLAB Function: phased.MVDRBeamformer
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Application
The phased.MVDRBeamformer System object™ implements a narrowband minimum-variance distortionless-response (MVDR) beamformer. The MVDR beamformer is also called the Capon beamformer. An MVDR...
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Perspectives on Control-Relevant Identification Through the Use of Interacti...
Intermediate
Peer Reviewed Paper
Theory
This paper presents a control-relevant identification methodology through an intuitive interactive tool called "Interactive Tool for Control Relevant Identification (ITCRI)". ITCRI...
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MATLAB Function: ztrans
Intermediate
Software
Application
ztrans(f) finds the Z-Transform of f. By default, the independent variable is n and the transformation variable is z. If f does not contain n, ztrans uses symvar.
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Thoughts on Furthering the Control Education of Practicing Engineers
60 min
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Demonstration
This paper was presented at the 2019 IFAC Advances on Control Education Conference (IFAC-ACE), Philadelphia, PA, USA, July 7-9, 2019, and is in the conference proceedings. This paper aims to...
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MATLAB Example: Online Recursive Least Squares Estimation
Intermediate
Project
Demonstration
This example shows how to implement an online recursive least squares estimator. You estimate a nonlinear model of an internal combustion engine and use recursive least squares to detect...
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Radar Systems Engineering MATLAB Documentation and Examples
Intermediate
Example
Theory
The functions in this section give you the MATLAB tools needed to evaluate the performance of a radar system. You can use the radar equation to evaluate the radar received signal-to-noise...
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Trimming and Linearization, Part 1: What is Linearization?
14 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
Why go through the trouble of linearizing a model? To paraphrase Richard Feynman, it’s because we know how to solve linear systems. With a linear model we can more easily design a controller...
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Twitter Thread: Vibrational control of mechanical systems
Intermediate
Social Media
Application
This Twitter thread by @ahmedallibhoy walks through an explanation of controlling an inverted pendulum with an open-loop vibrational controller.
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A real control system - how to start designing
26 min
Beginner
Video
Application
Let’s design a control system the way you might approach it in a real situation rather than an academic one. In this video, I step through a control problem and show how control theory is...
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Why Choose Deep Learning? Deep Learning for Engineers, Part 1
15 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This video introduces deep learning from the perspective of solving practical engineering problems. The goal is to provide an introduction to the range of practical engineering problems that...
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A Tutorial on PES Pareto Methods for Analysis of Noise Propagation in Feedba...
Intermediate
Peer Reviewed Paper
Theory
This paper represents a tutorial on the so called PES Pareto methodology of analyzing the sources of noise in a feedback loop. Originally conceived for analyzing noise contributors in...
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Control Systems in Practice, Part 4: Why Time Delay Matters
15 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
Time delays exist in two varieties: signal distorting delays, like phase lag, in which each frequency is delayed by a different amount of time, resulting in a distorted signal shape; and non...
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How Kalman Filters Work, Part 1
30 min
Beginner
Article / Blog
Theory
This article looks at four popular estimation filter architectures: particle filter, sigma point filter, extended Kalman filter, and the Kalman filter. It discusses how all four of these...
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Discrete control #3: Designing for the zero-order hold
13 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This is the third video on discrete control and in this video, I want to clear up a confusion that I caused last time regarding using the ZOH method to discretize a continuous controller and...
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