Couseware for Control Engineering Education

Author:	John Jan, Czech Technical University, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Republic
Topic:	9.4 Control Education
Session:	We Have Many Things To Tell You About Control Education
Keywords:	Control education, Teaching, Computer software, Pole assignment, Nonlinear analysis, Nonlinear control

Abstract

The paper treats MATLAB and SIMULINK courseware for education of the first two subjects in control engineering curriculum. The courses are based on simple SISO control using classical controllers, including simple nonlinear elements. Description of basic functions and programs and several examples of their use comprise the main part of the paper. The software is freely available on the Czech Technical University web pages.