Digital Control Engineering

Digital controllers are part of almost all modern, industrial, and transportation sytems. Everyday or graduate student should be familiar with the basic theory of digital controllers. This new text covers the engineering principles.

Extensive Use of computational tools: Matlab sections at the end of each chapter.
Frees the student from the drudgery of mundane calculations. The system of analysis and design.

An engineering approach to digital controls: emphasis on the design of control systems. Mathematics is used to help explain concepts and implementations. For example, analogue control systems in the field of digital control systems.

Review of Background Material: contains a material for the analysis of digital control and design. Examples include the discussion of the linear system course and root domain design in the domain and z-domain (review from the feedback control course).

Inclusion of Advanced Topics
In addition to the basic vocabulary for the first time, it is necessary to introduce a graduate class. Examples of eventual subjects are the state-space methods, which may receive a short course in a semester course, and nonlinear discrete-time systems.

Minimal Mathematics Prerequisites
The mathematics background required for an understanding of electrical engineering. This background includes three semesters of calculus, differential equations and basic linear algebra. Some texts on digital control require mathematical maturity.


Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction to Digital Control
Chapter 2. Discrete-Time systems
Chapter 3. Modeling of Digital Control Systems
Chapter 4. Stability of Digital Control Systems
Chapter 5. Analog Control System Design
Chapter 6. Digital Control System Design
Chapter 7. State-Space Representation
Chapter 8. Properties of State-Space Models
Chapter 9. State Feedback Control
Chapter 10. Elements of Nonlinear Digital Control Systems
Chapter 11. Practical Issues
Appendix I: Table of Laplace and Z-Transforms
Appendix II: Properties of the Z-Transform
Appendix III: Review of Linear Algebra