ECE410F Control Systems (Last updated Nov 29, 2005)

Course Description


Instructors

Mireille Broucke GB434A
broucke@control.utoronto.ca
Lacra Pavel GB343A
pavel@control.utoronto.ca


Teaching Assistants

Feng Lei GB302/348 TUT01a, TUT02a
fenglei@control.utoronto.ca
Simon Lam GB302/348 PRA06, PRA02
simon@control.utoronto.ca
David Langen GB302/348 TUT03, TUT04
langen@control.utoronto.ca
Christopher Nielsen GB302/348 TUT01b, TUT02b
nielsen@control.utoronto.ca
Bartek Roszak GB302/348 PRA03, PRA05
bartek@control.utoronto.ca
Ali Saadatpoor GB302/348 PRA04
alisaadat@control.utoronto.ca
Pan Yan GB302/348 PRA01
yanpan@control.utoronto.ca


Lectures

Section Professor Time Room
LEC 01 Broucke T 11-12 GB221
    TH 9-10 GB120
LEC 02 Pavel W 2-3 GB248
    TH 2-3 GB221


Tutorials

Tutorials meet on alternate weeks starting the weeks of September 12 and September 19.

TUT 01a F 3-5 HA403 Starts Sept. 23, alternate weeks
TUT 01b F 3-5 WB219 Starts Sept. 23, alternate weeks
TUT 02a F 3-5 RS310 Starts Sept. 16, alternate weeks
TUT 02b F 3-5 BA2135 Starts Sept. 16, alternate weeks
TUT 03 T 9-11 HA410 Starts Sept. 20, alternate weeks
TUT 04 T 9-11 HA410 Starts Sept. 13, alternate weeks


References

No textbook is required, but the following books may supplement the lecture notes.

Lab Schedule

PRA 01 TH 4-7 BA3114 Sept 22, Oct 20, Nov 3, Nov 17
PRA 02 M 3-6 BA3114 Sept 19, Oct 3, Nov 14, Nov 28
PRA 03 T 3-6 BA3114 Sept 27, Oct 11, Nov 8, Nov 22
PRA 04 W 4-7 BA3114 Sept 28, Oct 12, Nov 9, Nov 23
PRA 05 F 9-12 BA3114 Sept 23, Oct 21, Nov 4, Nov 18
PRA 06 W 4-7 BA3114 Sept 21, Oct 19, Nov 2, Nov 16


Laboratories

Labs are due two weeks after your scheduled lab. They should be turned in to the box labelled "410 Labs" across from GB343.

Lab1 Introduction to the control lab
Lab2 Pole Placement and observer design for a cart lab2_prep.mdl, init2.mdl, ReportFormatLab2.doc
Lab3 Matlab Study: the Ball and Beam experiment ballandbeamlinear.mdl, ballandbeamnonlinear.mdl, s_ball_and_beam_an.m, init3.m, ReportFormatLab3.doc
Lab4 Observer-based control design of an inverted pendulum on a cart Lab4_prelab.mdl, init4.m, setup_ip01_2_configuration.m, setup_sp_configuration.m, setup_lab_ip01_2_sip.m, ReportFormatLab4.pdf


Problem Sets

Problem set 1 Solution 1 Issued Week 1
Problem set 2 Solution 2 Week 3
Problem set 3 Solution 3 Week 5
  2004 Midterm Solution  
  2005 Midterm Solution  
Problem set 4 Solution 4 Week 7
Problem set 5 Solution 5 Week 9
Problem set 6 Solution 6 Week 11


Grading

Labs 20% Includes preparation, lab work, and report
Midterm 25% October 31, Monday, 6-8pm
    SF2202: Last name starts with A - Law
    SF3202: Last name starts with Lee - Z
Final Exam 55% December 6, 9:30am-12noon


Course Rules


Miscellaneous Notes