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Chapter 25

Design of Control Systems

The car's cruise control system has essential controller configurations that ensure consistent speed while monitoring the surroundings and driver …
In car suspension systems, Proportional Derivative controllers are utilized to adjust the damping force in response to road conditions. A controller, …
Consider a motor system with only proportional control that exhibits high maximum overshoot and oscillation, reflected in the error signal and its rate of …
Considering a fan as the control system, a Bode plot can visually represent the PD controller through a transfer function. The frequency domain …
In applications like automatic brightness adjustment on smartphones, Proportional Integral controllers effectively mitigate steady-state errors for …
Everyday devices like thermostats utilize PI controllers. These can enhance system damping and reduce steady-state error when the controller transfer …
A PID controller thermostat adjusts heating or cooling based on the temperature gap between actual and desired levels. A PD controller, found in car speed …
Imagine adjusting the volume equalizer on a stereo. When the bass is cranked up, a phase-lead controller is at work. When the treble is increased, a …
Consider adjusting the brightness on a television screen. When the contrast is enhanced, a phase-lead controller is at work. Mathematically, if the first …
Consider a dimmer switch controlling the brightness of a light bulb. This exemplifies phase-lag control, where the brightness of the bulb is gradually …
Intelligent robots are part of a new generation of robots that are able to sense the surrounding environment, plan their own actions and eventually reach …
Online laboratories play an important role in engineering education. This work discusses a WebVR-based virtual laboratory system. The user enters the …