Embedded & Discrete Control Systems

The course introduces principles for design of embedded controllers and emphasizes the tools for modeling and simulating dynamic systems and designing the real-time control software for embedded computers. Relevant theory and background from real-time systems and control engineering are covered, including event-based and clock-based sampling, switching control, pulse-width modulation, PID design, state-variable feedback, state estimation, and methods for setpoint control and trajectory tracking. Basic computing, sensor, and actuator technologies are also considered.