15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control
  Barcelona, 21–26 July 2002 
JBODE: A JAVA TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE BODE DIAGRAM
Teresa Alvarez1, Olga Ramos, David Zamorano, Fernando Tadeo
Dpto. de Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática,
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid
phone: +34 983 423276, fax: +34 983 423161
1 teresa@autom.uva.es

This work describes JBODE, a computer application developed in Java, HTML and ASP to study and understand the Bode diagram. This is achieved by means of Web theory pages for learning and refreshing basic concepts. Once the theory has been mastered the student can draw the real and asymptotic Bode diagrams of any transfer function. Also, there are on-line exercises for testing the understanding. The students progresses are recorded in a database where the instructor can follow them. The final objective is to build a tool for learning basic control without using typical process control software
Keywords: Bode diagrams, computer applications, control education, interactive programs, database
Session slot T-Mo-A21: System Engineering, Management and Control Education/Area code 6a : Control Education