Radar Systems Engineering Lecture 4: The Radar Equation
Beginner
Presentation
Theory
This Free Radar Systems Engineering Course (video, audio and screen captured ppt slides) and separate pdf slides) has been developed as a first course in Radar Systems for first year...
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Radar Angular Resolution
Beginner
Article / Blog
Theory
This radartutorial.eu page describes angular resolution. Radar angular resolution is the minimum distance between two equally large targets at the same range which radar is able to...
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Model Reference Adaptive Control of Satellite Spin
Intermediate
Project
Theory
This example shows how to control satellite spin using model reference adaptive control (MRAC) to make the unknown controlled system match an ideal reference model. The satellite system is...
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Autonomous Navigation, Part 6: Metrics for System Assessment
15 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
Take a systems engineering approach to verifying the autonomous navigation system end to end and learn how simulations and physical tests can complement each other. The video also covers a...
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Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) for Aircraft and Weather Surveillanc...
Intermediate
Peer Reviewed Paper
Application
MIT Lincoln Laboratory and M/A-COM are jointly conducting a technology demonstration of affordable Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) technology for Next Generation air traffic control...
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Wind Tunnel Data Analysis and Testing Considerations
111 min
Intermediate
Video
Theory
This is the last video in our 3 part series on wind tunnel testing. In this video, we discuss what typical plots of wind tunnel data might look like and how to extract relevant information...
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Koopman Spectral Analysis (Continuous Spectrum)
12 min
Intermediate
Video
Theory
In this video, we discuss how to use Koopman theory for dynamical systems with a continuous eigenvalue spectrum. These systems are quite common, such as a pendulum, where the period...
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Cohen-Coon Tuning
15 min
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Application
A procedure and commentary on this tuning approach that includes deadtime.
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Train Custom LQR Agent with MATLAB
Intermediate
Example
Application
This example shows how to train a custom linear quadratic regulation (LQR) agent to control a discrete-time linear system modeled in MATLAB®.
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Cascade Control 2
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Application
An Implementation Recipe for Cascade Control
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Intro to Data Science: Historical Context
8 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This lecture provides some historical context for data science and data-intensive scientific inquiry.
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Singular Value Decomposition (SVD): Overview
6 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This video presents an overview of the singular value decomposition (SVD), which is one of the most widely used algorithms for data processing, reduced-order modeling, and high-dimensional...
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MATLAB Command: goodnessOfFit
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Application
Goodness of fit between test and reference data for analysis and validation of identified models
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Robotic Car - How to read Gyro Datasheets (Part 2)
14 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
Have you ever been lost trying to understand the information in a gyro datasheet? This video should help! In this second part I explain the purpose of a buffer for a MEMS gyro and explain...
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Online Fault Detection for a DC Motor
5 min
Intermediate
Video
Application
Program embedded processors to estimate parameters and detect changes in motor dynamics in real time using System Identification Toolbox™.
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What Is a Control System and Why Should I Care?
25 min
Beginner
Video
Demonstration
This is a 25 minute abbreviated version of the Part 1 & Part 2 talk. It goes through the basic ideas while skipping some of the details and examples of the longer talks. The talk abstract...
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First Order Plus Dead Time Tuning App for PI Controllers
Intermediate
App
Application
The FOPTD_PI Tool is a Matlab-Interactive tuning tool of PI controllers for First Order PlusTime Delay processes. It can be used to teach basic control concepts based on a set of PI tuning...
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System Identification: Dynamic Mode Decomposition with Control
11 min
Intermediate
Video
Theory
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...
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Neural Network Overview
7 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This lecture gives an overview of neural networks, which play an important role in machine learning today.
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Control Systems in Practice, Part 5: A Better Way to Think About a Notch Fil...
13 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This video describes an intuitive way to approach notch filter design by thinking about the problem as an inverted, lightly damped, second-order low-pass filter. Then, two additional poles...
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Vibrational control of nonlinear systems: Vibrational controllability and tr...
Intermediate
Peer Reviewed Paper
Theory
In the first part of this work, the criteria for the existence of stabilizing parametric oscillations have been derived. In the present paper, the problem of choosing the stabilizing...
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The Kalman Filter [Control Bootcamp]
6 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
Here, we discuss the Kalman Filter, which is an optimal full-state estimator, given Gaussian white noise disturbances and measurement noise.
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Process Control is Inventory Control
10 min
Beginner
Article / Blog
Application
You change the inventory of heat to change temperature. You change the inventory of material to change level. Understanding how the inventory relates to the controlled variable is...
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Control Valve Problems
20 min
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Application
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...
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Discrete-Time Fourier Transform MATLAB App
Intermediate
App
Demonstration
This is the app that Brian Douglas created for his MATLAB Tech Talk video on the Z-transform.
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