Designing a Lag Compensator with Root Locus

This video walks through a phase lag compensator example using the Root Locus method.

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Derivation and Solution of Laplace’s Equation

In this video we show how the heat equation can be simplified to obtain Laplace’s equation. We investigate how to solve Laplace’s equation using separation ...

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Lecture 18: PI and Lag Compensator Design using Root Locus

The design of a Proportional Integral [PI] controller and a Lag compensator using Root Locus has been explained in this video. See More

SVD: Importance of Alignment [Python]

This video describes the importance of aligning data when using the singular value decomposition (SVD) (Python code).

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Frequency domain – tutorial 1: concept of frequency (with Chinese subtitle)

In this video, the following materials are covered:1) intuitive explanation on the frequency concept 2) what is the relation between time and frequency domai...

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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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Lecture 20: PID and Lag-Lead Compensator Design using Root Locus

Design of a Proportional-Integral-Derivative [PID] controller and a lag-lead controller using Root Locus has been discussed in this video with numerical exam... See More

Control Bootcamp: Loop Shaping Example for Cruise Control

This video demonstrates loop shaping on the cruise control model.

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Frequency domain – tutorial 5: Fourier transform

In this video, we learn about Fourier transform which enables us to travel from time to frequency domain when a signal is not periodic. The learning objectiv...

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Relative Gain Array RGA Analysis

I cover how you can find the relative gain array from the steady state gain array, and interpret the results to determine which input to pair with which outp...

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Building the Flight Controller Hardware - dRehmFlight VTOL

This video will show you how to setup and solder the default recommended hardware setup for the dRehmFlight VTOL flight controller package. This hardware configuration will work with the...

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PID Control with Posicast, 9 - (In English)

This is part III of PID control with Posicast

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Understanding Model Predictive Control, Part 2: What is MPC?

Learn how model predictive control (MPC) works. Using a simple car example, this video provides insight into an MPC controller’s strategy for finding the optimal steering wheel angle to...

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State Space in Process Control

An overview on how we can derive a state space model from a given set of state variables and inputs, as well as an intro to deviation variables. This is part...

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Data Preprocessing and the Short-Time Fourier Transform | Deep Learning for ...

Data in its raw form might not be ideal for training a network. There are some changes we can make to the data that are often desired or sometimes necessary in order to make training faster...

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Control Bootcamp: Example Frequency Response (Bode Plot) for Spring-Mass-Da...

This video shows how to compute and interpret the Bode plot for a simple spring-mass-damper system.

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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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Peter Ponders PID - Controlling an Under Damp Mass and Spring System

Demonstrates:How to calculate the PID gains. The importance of the derivative gain. How to simulate the mass and spring systemControl limitations based on s...

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Root Locus Plot: Common Questions and Answers

In this video I go through some of the common questions I've received on my other root locus videos. 1) Why do we call the poles of a system the roots?2) How do I plot the damping ratio...

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Linearizing a Simulink Model Using the Linear Analysis Tool and ‘linmod’

In this video we show how to linearize a non-linear Simulink model using numerical techniques. This approach is extremely powerful as it allows automatic ge...

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Peter Ponders PID - Why PID with 2nd Derivative Gain?

If you have ever tuned a hydraulic system and wondered why PID control didn't work better than PI control the answer is here. Since the 1980s people have kn...

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Control Bootcamp: Benefits of Feedback on Cruise Control Example (Part 2)

Here we investigate the benefits of feedback for systems with uncertain dynamics and disturbances, as illustrated on a cruise control example. (Part 2)

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Transfer Functions: Introduction and Implementation

In this video we introduce transfer functions and show how they can be derived from a set of linear, ordinary differential equations. We also examine how to...

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TikZ source Code: Nested subsystems

TikZ source Code: Nested subsystems

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Introduction to the Fourier Transform (Part 1)

This video is an introduction to the Fourier Transform. I try to give a little bit of background into what the transform does and then I go step by step through explaining the Inverse...

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