ANALOG AND DIGITAL AUTOMATIC CONTROL

COURSE OUTLINE

1. GENERAL

SCHOOL School of Engineering
ACADEMIC UNIT Department of Electronic Engineering
LEVEL OF STUDIES Undergraduate
COURSE CODE 0806.4.005.0 SEMESTER 2nd
COURSE TITLE Analog and Digital Automatic Control
INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES
if credits are awarded for separate components of the course
WEEKLY
TEACHING HOURS
CREDITS
5 5
Total 5 5
COURSE TYPE
general background, special background, specialised general knowledge, skills development
PREREQUISITE COURSES Mathematics, Physics I, Signals and Systems
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS Greek or English
OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS Yes (in English)
COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

2. LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning outcomes

The purpose of the course is for students to acquire the theoretical and practical background in Automatic Control Systems (ACS) in both continuous and discrete time and their applications. The course aims to introduce students to the fundamental concepts of Automatic Control Systems. The course covers the following thematic areas: (a) Description of continuous-time systems in the form of transfer functions, (b) Analysis of transfer functions: Calculation of characteristic system metrics in the time and frequency domains, (c) Design of closed-loop systems PID controllers, (d) Design of closed-loop control systems using the Ziegler-Nichols empirical method, (e) Analytical design of closed-loop control systems using the pole placement method: Design in continuous and discrete time, (f) Calculation of steady-state errors and system type for closed-loop systems.

The course is accompanied by laboratory-type applications via the MATLAB and Simulink simulation environments.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of the course, students should be able to utilize the acquired knowledge to: (a) Analyze and study the behavior of a linear dynamic system, (b) Design controllers and study their impact and performance on the response behavior of the closed-loop system.

General Competences

Decision-making

Teamwork (or Group work)

Oral presentation of group work

Criticism and self-criticism

Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking

3. SYLLABUS

Representation of dynamic systems with transfer functions

System analysis in the time and frequency domains

Stability analysis

Block diagram algebra

Closed-loop control systems

PID controllers

Control System Design using the Ziegler-Nichols method

Simulation of closed-loop control systems

 Control SystemDesign using the pole placement method

Calculation of steady-state errors

Closed-loop control system type

4. TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION

DELIVERY
Face-to-face, Distance learning, etc.
Oral presentations
USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
Use of ICT in teaching, laboratory education, communication with students

MS Power point, e-class, Matlab, Simulink, LaTeX, 

TEACHING METHODS
The manner and methods of teaching are described in detail.
Activity Semester workload
Groups of theoretical exercises, Groups of Laboratory Exercises, Mid-Term, test, Final Test 150
Course total 150
STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Description of the evaluation procedure

Mid-term test, Final test, Groups of theoretical and laboratory exercises.

5. ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Benjamin Cuo and Farid Golnaraghi, Automatic Control Systems, John Wiley, 8th Edition, 2003.