First Order Plus Dead Time Tuning App for PI Controllers

The FOPTD_PI Tool is a Matlab-Interactive tuning tool of PI controllers for First Order PlusTime Delay processes. It can be used to teach basic control concepts based on a set of PI tuning...

MATLAB Example: Doppler Estimation

This example shows a monostatic pulse radar detecting the radial velocity of moving targets at specific ranges. The speed is derived from the Doppler shift caused by the moving targets. We...

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...

Cascade Control

What is Cascade Control and why use it?

Real-Time Software Implementation of Analog Filters

Modelling analog filters, discretisation, and implementation of the digitally-equivalent filters on a real-time, embedded system (STM32). Includes theory, DSP, firmware, and results.

Simulink example: Adaptive MPC Control of Nonlinear Chemical Reactor Using O...

This example shows how to use an Adaptive MPC controller to control a nonlinear continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) as it transitions from low conversion rate to high conversion rate.

A...

Orifice Calibration

The ISO method for orifice design and calibration is grounded in the ideal square-root relation between pressure drop and flow rate, specifies the in-pipe structure for an orifice, and...

Bumpless Transfer and Tuning

Switching from MAN to AUTO mode or LOCAL to CASCADE or changing the controller integral time should not cause a change in the controller output, a bump.  But a primitive coding of the PID...

Feedforward Control

When and how to use Feedforward Control

Interactive Tool about PID tuning rules

Hundreds of PID design methods are available in literature. Many of them are very similar and sometimes it is not straightforward to understand their purposes. This interactive software tool...

Interpreting Lines on PFDs and P&IDs

Lines on a process flow diagram (PFD) indicate material flow.  In contrast, on a piping and instrument diagram (P&ID), the control overlay for the PFD, the lines represent information flow. ...

Cascade Control 2

An Implementation Recipe for Cascade Control

Ratio Control - the right and wrong approach

A discussion as to why the ratio should be the MV (controller output) not the CV.

SVD: Eigenfaces 2 [Python]

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used to efficiently represent human faces, in the so-called "eigenfaces" (Python code, part 2).

Simulating the Lorenz System in Matlab

This video shows how simple it is to simulate dynamical systems, such as the Lorenz system, in Matlab, using ode45.

SVD: Optimal Truncation [Python]

This video describes how to optimally truncate the singular value decomposition (SVD) for noisy data (Python code).

PID Tuner

Tuning a PID controller can be easily done using a systematic procedure. PID Tuner just put it in a web application. No more trial and error. 

Use the step response data from your system...

Moving Average Filter - Theory and Software Implementation

Moving average filter theory (time domain, frequency domain, Z-transform, FIR, etc..) and software implementation on a real-time embedded system using an STM32 microcontroller and a...

Data-Driven Control: Balanced Truncation and BPOD Example

In this lecture, we explore balanced truncation and BPOD on a numerical example in Matlab.

Linear Regression 2 [Python]

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used for linear regression in Python (part 2).

Sliding Mode Control Design for a Robotic Manipulator

This MATLAB/Simulink example shows how to design a controller for a robotic manipulator with two actuated joints using sliding mode control (SMC). SMC is useful for systems that require...

SVD: Eigenfaces 2 [Matlab]

This video describes how the singular value decomposition (SVD) can be used to efficiently represent human faces, in the so-called "eigenfaces" (Matlab code, part 2).

Simulating the Logistic Map in Matlab

This video shows how simple it is to simulate discrete-time dynamical systems, such as the Logistic Map, in Matlab.

How the Flight Controller Code Works - dRehmFlight VTOL

This video will walk you through the flight controller code of dRehmFlight VTOL to give you a better understanding of the contents and structure. The hope is that it will cover almost...

SVD: Optimal Truncation [Matlab]

This video describes how to optimally truncate the singular value decomposition (SVD) for noisy data (Matlab code).