Machine Learning and Cross-Validation

This lecture discusses the importance of cross-validation to assess models obtained via machine learning.

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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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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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Bode Plots by Hand: Poles and Zeros at the Origin

This is a continuation of the Control Systems Lectures. This video describes the benefit of being able to approximate a Bode plot by hand and explains what a Bode plot looks like for a...

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Understanding Model Predictive Control, Part 3: MPC Design Parameters

To successfully control a system using an MPC controller, you need to carefully select its design parameters. This video provides recommendations for choosing the controller sample time...

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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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Drone Simulation and Control, Part 3: How to Build the Flight Code

This video describes how to create quadcopter flight software from the control architecture developed in the last video. It covers how to process the raw sensor readings and use them with...

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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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Introduction to the Fourier Transform (Part 2)

This video is the second part of the introduction to the Fourier Transform. I address an error that I made in the first video concerning the scaling term of the transform. I also try to...

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IMC PID Design with Dead Time

IMC PID Design with Dead Time

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Lecture 9: Time response and Time domain specifications

In this lecture, Time response is discussed in detail. Also discussed are different time domain specifications See More

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 - Feed Forward Theory and Calculations

The formulas for feed forwards are derived for motors and hydraulic actuators. See More