Measuring Angles with FMCW Radar | Understanding Radar Principles

Learn how multiple antennas are used to determine the azimuth and elevation of an object using Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar.

By looking at the phase shift between the...

Introduction to Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) Control

In this video we introduce the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) controller. We show that an LQR controller is a full state feedback controller where the gain matrix K is computed by solving...

Projectile 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.

Introduction to Anomaly Detection for Engineers

Anomaly detection is the process of identifying events or patterns that differ from expected behavior. This is important for applications like predictive maintenance but can be hard to...

Radar Angular Resolution

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...

Multifunction Phased Array Radar (MPAR) for Aircraft and Weather Surveillanc...

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...

Cohen-Coon Tuning

A procedure and commentary on this tuning approach that includes deadtime.

MATLAB toolbox for control 101 course

Community toolbox project led by Anthony Rossiter and sponsored by MathWorks. The project incorporates input from various international collaborators. The aim is to make the developed...

Cascade Control 2

An Implementation Recipe for Cascade Control

Interactive Course for Control Theory

Control Theory is a topic that finds a widespread application throughout engineering and natural sciences. It is very common in electrical, mechanical and process engineering. Especially...

MATLAB Command: goodnessOfFit

Goodness of fit between test and reference data for analysis and validation of identified models

Regulatory PID (Polish)

W tym odcinku, opisze wam podstawy działania regulatorów PID.

Robust Control, Part 3: Disk Margins for MIMO Systems

This video shows how margin can be used to assess the robustness of multi-input, multi-output systems. We’ll show how disk margin is a more complete way to represent margin for MIMO systems...

Online Fault Detection for a DC Motor

Program embedded processors to estimate parameters and detect changes in motor dynamics in real time using System Identification Toolbox™.

What Is a Control System and Why Should I Care?

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...

So You Want to be a Systems Engineer

A presentation by Gentry Lee on what qualities and characteristics make a great systems engineer. At the time of the presentation, Gentry Lee was the Chief Engineer for the Solar System...

A* Pathfinding (E01: algorithm explanation)

Welcome to the first part in a series teaching pathfinding for video games. In this episode we take a look at the A* algorithm and how it works.

What are Phased Arrays?

This video introduces the concept of phased arrays. An array refers to multiple sensors, arranged in some configuration, that act together to produce a desired sensor pattern. With a phased...

Vibrational control of nonlinear systems: Vibrational controllability and tr...

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...

Pulse Waveform Analyzer App

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.

Passivity-Based Control to Guarantee Stability | Control Systems in Practice...

Learn about passivity-based control to guarantee closed-loop stability of feedback systems. Consider different ways to assess the stability of systems other than looking at gain and phase...

Process Control is Inventory Control

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...

Ratio Control and Scaled Signal Calculations

When and how to use Ratio Control and use Scaled Signals

Control 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...

Linearizing Around a Fixed Point [Control Bootcamp]

This lecture describes how to obtain linear system of equations for a nonlinear system by linearizing about a fixed point. This is worked out for the simple pendulum "by-hand" and in...