Frequency domain – tutorial 9: frequency response

In this video, the learning objectives are to:1- fully understand the frequency response which forms the foundation of filtering 2- quickly review the common...

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Drone Simulation and Control, Part 2: How Do You Get a Drone to Hover?

In the last video, we showed we can manipulate the four motors of a quadcopter to maneuver it in 3D space by getting it to roll, pitch, yaw, and change its thrust. We also covered the four...

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Process Control Introduction

An overview on state variables, inputs (manipulated and disturbance variables), outputs (measured state variables), and an example on the balance equations w...

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Introduction to Deep Learning by Andrew NG [COMPLETE]

Andrew Ng's course on deep learning and neural networks.

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The Fourier Transform and Convolution Integrals

This video describes how the Fourier Transform maps the convolution integral of two functions to the product of their respective Fourier Transforms.

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IMC PID Design with Dead Time

IMC PID Design with Dead Time

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Peter Ponders PID - Closed Loop Zeros

This video covers closed loop zeros, what causes zeros and the benefits and drawbacks of closed loop zeros.

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Linear Systems of Equations, Least Squares Regression, Pseudoinverse

This video describes how the SVD can be used to solve linear systems of equations. In particular, it is possible to solve nonsquare systems (overdetermined or underdetermined) via least...

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Transfer Function to State Space

In this video we show how to transform a transfer function to an equivalent state space representation. We will derive various transformations such as contr...

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Peter Ponders PID- Motor position control

Symbolic pole placement is used to place the poles on the negative real axis in the s-domain so that the response never overshoots. See More

Understanding and Sketching the Root Locus

In this video we discuss how to sketch the root locus for a system by developing a series of 5 core rules augmented by 5 supplemental rules (for a total of 1...

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Deriving Percent Overshoot, Settling Time, and Other Performance Metrics

In this video we examine a second order dynamic system and derive how various performance metrics (such as time to first peak, magnitude at first peak, perce...

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Standard HW Problem #2: Which is the real open loop transfer function?

In this video, we’ll go through another standard homework problem so you can see how you can apply many of the things you’re learning into a single problem. The question is, we have two...

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Principal Component Analysis (PCA)

Principal component analysis (PCA) is a workhorse algorithm in statistics, where dominant correlation patterns are extracted from high-dimensional data.

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Frequency domain – tutorial 8: frequency spectra

In this video, we learn about frequency spectra which can be divided into two parts: phase and magnitude spectrum. Some examples will be provided to practice...

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Sketching Root Locus Part 1

Sketching a root locus by hand can be done by following some simple rules. However, more important than actually being able to sketch to plot is being able to use our knowledge to design...

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Frequency domain – tutorial 11: equalization

In this video, we learn about equalization technique which is used in communication systems to compensate for the destructive effect of the channel between t...

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Particle Filter Explained without Equations

This video provides a quick graphical introduction to the particle filter. It does a good job building some intuition behind the filter without ever touching on any mathematics. It's worth a...

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Control Bootcamp: Benefits of Feedback on Cruise Control Example

Here we investigate the benefits of feedback for systems with uncertain dynamics and disturbances, as illustrated on a cruise control example.

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Inputs and Outputs as defined by a Process Control Engineer

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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Direct Synthesis for PID Design Intro

Direct Synthesis for PID Design Intro

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Peter Ponders PID - LQR Optimizing Two Outputs

To make this LQR video different I use LQR to control two output and find the best 'compromise' between controlling the level and temperature in a mixing tan... See More

Control Bootcamp: Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG)

This lecture combines the optimal full-state feedback (e.g., LQR) with the optimal full-state estimator (e.g., LQE or Kalman Filter) to obtain the sensor-based linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG...

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Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations

In this video we introduce the concept of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). We give examples of how these appear in science and engineering as well as...

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Peter Ponders PID - Controlling a non-integrating single pole system. Part 3...

Part 3 uses PI control which is the only practical means of control a non-integrating single pole system.http://deltamotion.comhttp://forum.deltamotion.com

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