EE 471 - Controls I

3 Credit(s)

Modeling of physical systems including electromechanical systems. Reduction of block diagrams. Signal flow graphs and Mason’s gain formula. Response of second order systems: natural frequency and damping ratio and how they relate to rise-time, peak-time, settling-time, and overshoot. Stability and the Routh-Hurwitz criterion. Steady-state error and sensitivity. Root locus. Design of cascade compensators using root locus and frequency response.
Prerequisite(s): EE 220 or ME 353 or RE 301