Feedback Control Systems The MATLAB®/Simulink® Approach

Feedback control systems is an important course in aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and mechatronics engineering, to name just a few. Feedback control systems improve the system's behavior so the desired response can be acheived.

The first course on control engineering deals with Continuous Time (CT) Linear Time Invariant (LTI) systems. Plenty of good textbooks on the subject are available on the market, so there is no need to add one more. This book does not focus on the control engineering theories as it is assumed that the reader is familiar with them, i.e., took/takes a course on control engineering, and now wants to learn the applications of MATLAB® in control engineering. The focus of this book is control engineering applications of MATLAB® for a first course on control engineering.

Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Introduction to MATLAB®.- Commonly Used Commands in Analysis of Control Systems.- Introduction to Simulink®.- Controller Design in MATLAB®.- Introduction to System Identification Toolbox™.- References.- Authors' Biographies.

Farzin Asadi received his B.Sc. degree in Electronics Engineering and his M.Sc. degree in Control Engineering and Ph.D. degree in Mechatronics Engineering. Currently, he is with the department of Mechatronics Engineering at the Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey. Farzin has published 22 international papers and 2 books and is on the editorial board of 6 scientific journals. His research interests include switching converters, control theory, robust control of power electronics converters, and robotics.Robert E. Bolanos received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and an M.S.in Electrical Engineering from the University of Idaho. Currently, he is a Principal Engineer at Southwest Research Institute, Space Science and Engineering Division 15. Mr. Bolanos designs space-rated switch power supplies, RF oscillators, and high voltage pulsers. He has worked on both NASA and ESA space projects such as IBEX, JUICE, BepiColombo, and EUROPA (MASPEX).JorgeRodri­guez received a B.S. in Electronics Engineering and a Masters in Electronics Engineering, both at Carlos III University of Madrid (Spain). Currently, he is working as an R&D hardware engineer at Power Smart Control focusing on SoC devices, developing HIL systems, and as a support engineer for PSIM and SmartCtrl software.