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Sprint - Test Flight 8 and Data Review
17 min
Beginner
Video
Application
This video is part of a series that details the design, build, and test of Sprint - a thrust vector controlled model rocket by Joe Barnard of BPS Space.
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The Radar Range Equation - radartutorial.eu
Beginner
Article / Blog
Theory
This article describes the radar range equation. The radar range equation represents the physical dependences of the transmit power, which is the wave propagation up to the receiving of the...
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Gain Scheduling (Pre-programmed Controller Parameter Adjustment)
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Application
Process gain and time-constants change with operating flow rate, tank levels, temperatures, etc. This often requires re-tuning of the controller coefficient values. However, once done...
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Control Bootcamp: Observability Example in Matlab
8 min
Beginner
Video
Application
This video explores observability in Matlab on the example system of an inverted pendulum on a cart.
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Why multichannel beamforming is useful for wireless communication
13 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
Wireless communication systems like 5G and WiFi usually have to serve many users simultaneously and they have to deal with multiple paths between two radios when operating in a scattering...
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Measurements, Transmission Signals, and Issues
45 min
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Application
This is an introduction to scaled information transmission signals (for example 4-20 mA, 3-15 psig, etc.), the actual sensed signals (like using orifice dP to infer flow rate, or temperature...
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The Linear Quadratic Regulator
Beginner
Article / Blog
Theory
In these notes, we will derive the solution to the finite-horizon linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem in several different ways. Fundamentally, LQR can be viewed as a large least...
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Control Bootcamp: Introduction to Robust Control
8 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This video motivates robust control with the famous 1978 paper by John Doyle, titled "Guaranteed Margins for LQG Regulators"... Abstract: There are none.
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Control System Lectures - Bode Plots, Introduction
12 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This lecture is an introduction to frequency response methods, and in particular describes the Bode plot. I go through how it is generated and why we use it to visualize the frequency...
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What are Lead Lag Compensators? An Introduction.
11 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This videos covers the very basic definition of what a lead/lag compensator is. Every control system engineer should have a basic understanding of lead/lag compensators since along with PID...
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Intro to Data Science: What is Data Science?
8 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
This lecture provides an overview of the various components of data science, including data collection, cleaning, and curation, along with visualization, analysis, and machine learning (i.e...
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Modeling Perturbations and Element Failures in a Sensor Array
Beginner
Example
Demonstration
This MATLAB example shows how to model amplitude, phase, position and pattern perturbations as well as element failures in a sensor array.
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System Identification: Regression Models
5 min
Intermediate
Video
Theory
This lecture provides an overview of modern data-driven regression methods for linear and nonlinear system identification, based on the dynamic mode decomposition (DMD), Koopman theory, and...
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Data-Driven Control: Linear System Identification
20 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
Overview lecture on linear system identification and model reduction. This lecture discusses how we obtain reduced-order models from data that optimally capture input--output dynamics.
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What Is Online Estimation?
Beginner
Article / Blog
Theory
This Mathworks document describes online estimation. Online estimation algorithms estimate the parameters and states of a model when new data is available during the operation of the...
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Bridging the Gap: Using Real World Problems to Unveil Deep Control Principle...
52 min
Intermediate
Video
Application
This is a plenary lecture given at the 2020 IEEE Conference on Control Systems Technology, Montreal, Canada, August 24-26, 2020. There is no paper, but this is the video of the talk.
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Automotive Radar MATLAB Documentation and Examples
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Theory
MATLAB documentation and examples for probabilistic and physics-based radar sensor models, simulation of MIMO antennas, waveforms, I/Q radar signals, micro-Doppler signatures, detections...
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Systems Engineering, Part 3: The Benefits of Functional Architectures
14 min
Beginner
Video
Theory
Functional, logical, and physical architectures are important tools for designing complex systems. We describe what architectures are and how they contribute to the early stages of a project...
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Jupyter Notebook: Code used to generate vibrational control of inverted pend...
Intermediate
Software
Demonstration
Jupyter Notebook: Code used to generate vibrational control of inverted pendulum figures
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Tuning PID Controllers
20 min
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Application
Tuning controllers is the procedure for choosing the coefficient values for the P, I and D modes. It must be simple to execute, fast, and non-disruptive to the operating process. Heuristic...
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Cascade Control
30 min
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Application
What is Cascade Control and why use it?
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MATLAB toolbox for control 101 course
Beginner
Software
Theory
Community toolbox project led by Anthony Rossiter and sponsored by MathWorks. The project incorporates input from various international collaborators. The aim is to make the developed...
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Online Tuning using Simulink’s Closed-Loop PID Autotuner Block
30 min
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Application
Learn how to conduct an online tuning of a PI-speed controller using the MATLAB/Simulink Closed-Loop PID Autotuner Block. Tuned controller is validated on a Quanser QLabs Virtual QUBE-Servo...
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Autodesk Tinkercad
Beginner
App
Application
Tinkercad is a free, easy-to-use web app that equips the next generation of designers and engineers with the foundational skills for innovation: 3D design, electronics, and coding!
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What are Nonlinear ARX Models?
Intermediate
Article / Blog
Theory
This Mathworks page provides an overview of Nonlinear ARX Models.Nonlinear ARX models extend the linear ARX models to the nonlinear case. The structure of these models enables you to model...
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