General Information

• Class times: Sat. and Mon. 7:45AM-9:00AM (lecture)
• Class location: 410
• Instructor: Behzad Samadi
• Office location: 3rd floor, Abourayhan Building
• Office hours: Sat. and Mon. 14:00-15:00 (by appointment)
• email: bsamadi@AUT
• Teaching assistant: Iman Sharifi

Course content

• Introduction to Digital Control
  • Why Digital Control?
  • Examples of Digital Control Systems
• Discrete Time Systems
  • Difference Equations
  • The z-transform
  • The Sampling Theorem
• Modeling of Digital Control Systems
  • ADC Model
  • DAC Model
  • The Transfer Function of the ZOH
• Stability of Digital Control Systems
  • Definitions of Stability
  • Stability Conditions
  • Jury Test
  • Nyquist Criterion
• Analog Control System Design
  • Root Locus Design
• Digital Control System Design
  • z-Domain Root Locus
  • z-Domain Digital Control System Design
  • Digital Implementation of Analog Controller Design
  • Direct z-Domain Digital Controller Design
  • Frequency Response Design
  • Direct Control Design
  • Finite Settling Time Design
• State-Space Representation
  • Discrete-Time State-Space Equations
  • Solution of Discrete-Time State-Space Equations
• Properties of State-Space Models
  • Stability of State-Space Realizations
  • Controllability and Stabilizability
  • Observability and Detectibility
• State Feedback Control
  • Pole Placement
  • Servo Problem
• Optimal Control
• The Linear Quadratic Requlator
• Steady-State Quadratic Regulator
• Elements of Nonlinear Digital Control Systems
  • Nonlinear Difference Equations
  • Lyapunov Stability Theory
  • Discrete-Time Nonlinear Controller Design
• Practical Issues
  • Design of Hardware and Software Architecture
  • Choice of the Sampling Period
  • Controller Structure
  • PID Control