Peter Ponders PID - Yet Another Linear Quadratic Control Video but...

This videos covers topics not found or hard to find in control books or other videos.This video converts tracking position, velocity and acceleration for a m... See More

Control Systems with MATLAB - Root Locus

Few root locus examples have been explained in this video using MATLAB comand rltool. Also, the MATLAB GUI called rltool with which user can click and insert... 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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Peter Ponders PID - Controlling non-integrating single pole system. Part 1 ...

Part 1 shows why P only control shouldn't be used because the set point or target is never reached.Part 2 shows why I only control shouldn't be used because ...

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Understanding Sensor Fusion and Tracking, Part 1: What Is Sensor Fusion?

This video provides an overview of what sensor fusion is and how it helps in the design of autonomous systems. It also covers a few scenarios that illustrate the various ways that sensor...

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Control System with MATLAB - Block Diagram Reduction

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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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Into Stability: Walter R Evans and the Story of Root Locus

In the aftermath of World War II, engineers faced challenges their slide rules couldn’t solve. Walter R. Evans wasn’t looking to change the world—he just wanted to help engineers see clearly...

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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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Posicast Control 4 - ( In English )

This video continues to explore the gantry crame control simulations in open-loop- The main focus is the half-cycle Posicast.

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Control Systems Lectures - LTI Systems

This lecture describes what it means when we say a system is linear and time invariant. I also try to give an example as to why these systems are so important when designing control systems...

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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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Machine Learning Overview

This lecture provides an overview of machine learning, and how it fits into this introductory video sequence on data science. We discuss how machine learning involves "modeling with data".

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Why Learn Control Theory

In this video I present a few reasons why learning control theory is important and try to give some motivation to continue learning.

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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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Neural Networks: Caveats

This lecture discusses some key limitations of neural networks and suggests avenues of ongoing development.

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Discrete control #1: Introduction and overview

So far I have only addressed designing control systems using the frequency domain, and only with continuous systems. That is, we’ve been working in the S domain with transfer functions. We...

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IMC PID Design with Dead Time

IMC PID Design with Dead Time

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Basic Control Lectures

Systems approach, understanding and describing the operation of systems and methods of controlling them are among the basic knowledge of engineering education. But understanding the main...

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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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Lecture 13: Stability and Routh Hurwitz criterion

In this video, stability of LTI systems has been discussed. BIBO stability has also been explained. Further, Routh Hurwitz criterion is also explained See More

Cartesian, Polar, Cylindrical, and Spherical Coordinates

In this video we discuss Cartesian, Polar, Cylindrical, and Spherical coordinates as well as develop forward and reverse transformations to go from one coord...

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Peter Ponders PID - Simulation Methods, Which is Best?

This video compares 3 methods for doing simulations. Laplace transforms, state space and differential equations are compared examining their different adv... See More