Understanding Sensor Fusion and Tracking, Part 2: Fusing a Mag, Accel, and G...

This video describes how we can use a magnetometer, accelerometer, and a gyro to estimate an object’s orientation. The goal is to show how these sensors contribute to the solution, and to...

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TikZ source Code: Sliding Mode Control Example System 2

TikZ source Code: Sliding Mode Control Example System 2

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Computing Euler Angles: The Euler Kinematical Equations and Poisson’s Kinema...

In this video we discuss how the time rate of change of the Euler angles are related to the angular velocity vector of the vehicle. This allows us to design...

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Data-Driven Control: Balancing Transformation

In this lecture, we derive the balancing coordinate transformation that makes the controllability and observability Gramians equal and diagonal. This is the critical step in balanced model...

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SVD: Eigenfaces 3 [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 3).

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Bandwidth of a Dynamic System

In this video we discuss the definition and physical meaning of the bandwidth of a dynamic system. We’ll see that this is a performance metric that is used ...

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Least Squares Regression and the SVD

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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Derivation of Rodrigues’ Rotation Formula

In this video we explain and derive Rodrigues’ Rotation Formula. This functions describes how to rotate an arbitrary vector about another arbitrary axis of ...

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A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning

Machine Learning Explained in interactive visualizations (part 1).

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Machine Learning Control: Genetic Algorithms

This lecture provides an overview of genetic algorithms, which can be used to tune the parameters of a control law.

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MATLAB Sensor Array Analyzer App

The Sensor Array Analyzer app enables you to construct and analyze common sensor array configurations. These configurations range from 1-D to 3-D arrays of antennas, sonar transducers, and...

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Numerically Linearizing a Dynamic System

In this video we show how to linearize a dynamic system using numerical techniques. In other words, the linearization process does not require an analytical description of the system. This...

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Fourier Series [Matlab]

This video will describe how to compute the Fourier Series in Matlab.

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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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FreeFlyer Aerodynamic Simulation Software

FreeFlyer® is an aerodynamic simulation software for space mission design, analysis and operations. It is a commercial software used in actual missions. Free for students, paid for startups...

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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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Neural Network Architectures

This lecture describes the wide variety of neural network architectures available to solve various problems.

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Project Based Engineering Instrumentation with CircuitPython

This textbook has been designed with the student and faculty member in mind. First, this textbook goes hand in hand with Engineering Instrumentation taught at the undergraduate level at many...

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Laplace domain – tutorial 3: Laplace transform tables

In this video, we cover Laplace transform tables which help us to quickly find Laplace and inverse Laplace transforms. The main learning objective is to full...

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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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IMC PID Design of a Second Order Process

IMC PID Design of a Second Order Process

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Lecture 16: More on Root Locus and Gain Compensation

Extra numerical problems using Root locus is discussed in this video. Then follows, Gain compensation using Root Locus See More

PID Control - A brief introduction

In this video, I introduce the topic of PID control. This is a short introduction design to prepare you for the next few lectures where I will go through several examples of PID control....

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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

Second Order Dynamics

A crash course overview on second order dynamics in the frequency domain, what the key parameters are, and why they matter.

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