Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 360 (1 1/2) CONTROL THEORY AND SYSTEMS I
Syllabus:
Characterization of systems; linearity, time invariance and
causality. General feedback theory; time and frequency domain analysis
of feedback control systems; Routh-Hurwitz and Nyquist stability
criteria;
root locus methods; modeling of dc servo; design of simple feedback
systems; introduction to state-space methods.
(Prerequisite: 260)
Click here for the Course Outline document.
Quizes:
Quiz # 1 : (on Laplace Transforms) Wednesday, September 20, 9:30 - 10:10 am.
Photocopies of Laplace Transform tables and properties permitted.
Quiz # 2 : (on Bode plots and Nyquist Stability ) Tuesday, November 21, 9:30 - 10:10 am.
One page (page=one side of a sheet) of notes permitted.
Mid-term:
Tuesday, October 24, 9:30 - 10:20 am, ECS 125.
Two pages (page = one side of a sheet) of notes and photocopies of Laplace Transform tables are permitted.
Final Exam:
Tuesday, December 12, 7.00pm - 10:00pm, ECS 123.
Four pages (page=one side of a sheet) of notes and (in addition) photocopies of Laplace Transform tables are permitted.
Exam-Preparation Class:
Monday, December 11, 1:30pm - 3:30pm, ECS 125.
Office hours before exam:
Wednesday, December 6, 10:30-11:30am; Friday, December 8, 10:30-11:30am, EOW 423.
For Information on ELEC 460,Control Theory and Systems II
and ELEC 486,Digital Video Processing
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Office hours (up to December 1):
Wednesdays, 11:00am-12:00pm; The Wednesday Office hours will be in person EOW 423.
Fridays, 1:30pm-02:30pm; The Friday Office hours will be on Zoom (Link TBA).
- Assignement problems (from section B of the textbook) will be posted here.
- Completed assignments should be submitted using UVic's Brightspace site by 6pm the date they are due.
Watch an example of assignment submission.
- Solutions to the assignments will be posted here.
Copies of lecture slides (in pdf format) are available here for downloading.
Course Lecture Notes
Unless otherwise noted, all course materials supplied to students in this course have been prepared by the instructor and are intended for use in this course only. These materials are NOT to be re-circulated digitally, whether by email or by uploading or copying to websites, or to others not enrolled in this course. Violation of this policy may in some cases constitute a breach of academic integrity as defined in the UVic Calendar.
Matlab Demos:
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Title | : Modern Control Engineering, 5th Edition
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Author | : K. Ogata
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Publisher | : Prentice-Hall
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Year | : 2010, 5th Edition
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2. Recommended
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Title | : MATLAB student Version
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Publisher | : The MathWorks
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See also: | here
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3. You can also find information how to use MATLAB at UVIC here.
Useful Links
Assessment
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Assignment (incl. Quizes) | : 5%
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Labs | : 15%
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Mid-term | : 25% October 24, 2023
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Final | : 55%
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NOTE: Failure to complete all laboratory requirements will result in an N grade for the course.
The final grade obtained from the above marking scheme will be based on the following
percentage-to-grade point conversion.
There will be no supplemental examination for this course.
Links to Policies and Regulations
General Information on Policies and Regulations can be found in the Course Outline.
Continously Modified: September - December 2023