Control System
Lecture-2
Introduction to Control Systems
Habiburahman Shirani, PhD
Engineering Faculty, Department of
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Lecture-1 Overview
• Course overview and introduction
– Outcomes of the course
– Grade distribution
– Some examples of control systems
– Definitions
– A brief history of control systems
Contents
• Examples of control systems
• Control system design
• Mechatronic systems
– Hybrid fuel vehicles
– Wind power
• Design examples
– Smart grid control systems
– Rotating disk speed control
– Disk drive read system
Contents of lecture 2
• Examples of control systems
• Control system design
• Mechatronic systems
– Hybrid fuel vehicles
– Wind power
• Design examples
– Smart grid control systems
– Rotating disk speed control
– Disk drive read system
Figure 1.9 (a) Automobile steering control system. (b) The driver uses the difference
between the actual and the desired direction of travel to generate a controlled
adjustment of the steering wheel. (c) Typical direction-of-travel response.
Automation: Robot manipulator
Figure 1.11 The Honda P3 humanoid robot. P3 walks, climbs stairs, and
turns corners. Photo courtesy of American Honda Motor, Inc.
Figure 1.12 A three-axis control system for inspecting individual
semiconductor wafers with a highly sensitive camera.
Figure 1.13 Coordinated control system for a boiler–generator.
Figure 1.14 The Obrero robot is responsive to the properties of the object it
holds and does not rely on vision as the main sensor but as a complement.
Obrero is part of the Humanoid Robotics Group at the MIT Computer Science
and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Figure 1.15 A feedback control system model of the national income.
Figure 1.16 An unmanned aerial vehicle. (Used with permission. Credit: DARPA.)
Contents
• Examples of control systems
• Control system design
• Mechatronic systems
– Hybrid fuel vehicles
– Wind power
• Design examples
– Smart grid control systems
– Rotating disk speed control
– Disk drive read system
Figure 1.17 The control system design process.
Contents
• Examples of control systems
• Control system design
• Mechatronic systems
– Hybrid fuel vehicles
– Wind power
• Design examples
– Smart grid control systems
– Rotating disk speed control
– Disk drive read system
Mechatronic Systems
• Mechatronic coined in Japan
in 1970
• Composed of
Mechanical+Electronic
=Mechatronic
• Integration of Mechanical,
Electrical and Computer
Systems
• Feedback control is the
integral aspect of modern
mechatronic systems
• FB control encompasses all
five elements, however, it is Figure 1.18 The key elements
more associated to signals of mechatronics
and systems
Figure 1.19 The hybrid fuel automobile can be viewed as a mechatronic
system. (Used with permission of DOE/NREL. Credit: Warren Gretz.)
Figure 1.20 Efficient wind power generation in west Texas. (Used with
permission of DOE/NREL. Credit: Lower Colorado River Authority.)
Contents
• Examples of control systems
• Control system design
• Mechatronic systems
– Hybrid fuel vehicles
– Wind power
• Design examples
– Smart grid control systems
– Rotating disk speed control
– Insulin delivery control system
– Disk drive read system
Figure 1.23 Smart grids are distribution networks that measure and control usage
Figure 1.24 (a) Open-loop (without feedback) control of the speed of a
rotating disk. (b) Block diagram model.
Figure 1.25 (a) Closed-loop control of the speed of a rotating
disk. (b) Block diagram model.
Figure 1.26 The blood glucose and insulin levels for a healthy person.
Figure 1.27 (a) Open-loop (without feedback) control and
(b) closed-loop control of blood glucose.
Figure 1.28 Disk drive data density trends (Source: IBM).
Figure 1.29 (a) A disk drive © 1999 Quantum Corporation.
All rights reserved. (b) Diagram of a disk drive.
Figure 1.30 Closed-loop control system for disk drive.
End of Lecture 2