Automatic Control for Electrical Engineers
Syllabus, Bachelor's level, 1TE767
- Code
- 1TE767
- Education cycle
- First cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Technology G2F
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 7 March 2017
- Responsible department
- Department of Electrical Engineering
Entry requirements
60 credits, including Electronics, Transform Methods, Scientific Computing I and Statistics for
Engineers.
Learning outcomes
After a successfully completed course the student should be able to:
- explain how proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controllers and lead-lag compensators work as well as carry out theoretical calculations on automatic control systems which incorporate them,
- evaluate an automatic control system for stability and speed, and choose appropriate control parameters for a given system,
- explain how simple controllers can be discretized and how the choice of sampling rate affects the control system stability.
Content
Basic technical concepts such feedback in automatic control systems. Continuous-time and discrete-time controllers of PID type and lead-lag compensation. Step and frequency responses, Bode and Nyquist diagrams. Methods for stability analysis. Identification of simple process models.
Instruction
Lectures, problem solving sessions and laboratory exercises.
Assessment
Written examination (4 credits), laboratory exercises (1 credit).
Transitional provisions
The course replaces the automatic control part of the previous course 1TE672 Measurement and Control systems and can not be included in a degree together with the latter.