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Automatic Control with Experiments

  • Offers detailed experimental case studies on the application of control theory to mechanical systems, oscillator circuits, limit cycles in mechanical systems, radio-frequency circuits and electromechanical systems
  • Equips readers with the knowledge to construct their own prototypes
  • Examines solutions to linear ordinary differential equations using the Laplace transform in order to help readers understand stability concepts as well as time and frequency response of linear systems
  • Draws on readers’ day-to-day experiences to provide practical interpretations of theoretical concepts
  • Provides a wealth of exercises and appendices reviewing the foundations of several concepts and techniques

Part of the book series: Advanced Textbooks in Control and Signal Processing (C&SP)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 1-24
  3. Physical System Modeling

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 25-85
  4. Ordinary Linear Differential Equations

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 87-191
  5. Stability Criteria and Steady-State Error

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 193-234
  6. Time Response-Based Design

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 235-318
  7. Frequency Response-Based Design

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 319-443
  8. The State Variables Approach

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 445-509
  9. Advanced Topics in Control

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 511-546
  10. Feedback Electronic Circuits

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 547-603
  11. Velocity Control of a Permanent Magnet Brushed Direct Current Motor

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 605-644
  12. Position Control of a PM Brushed DC Motor

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 645-695
  13. Control of a Servomechanism with Flexibility

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 697-759
  14. Control of a Magnetic Levitation System

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 761-824
  15. Control of a Ball and Beam System

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 825-867
  16. Control of a Furuta Pendulum

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 869-919
  17. Control of an Inertia Wheel Pendulum

    • Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán, Ramón Silva-Ortigoza
    Pages 921-950
  18. Back Matter

    Pages 951-992

About this book

This textbook presents theory and practice in the context of automatic control education. It presents the relevant theory in the first eight chapters,

applying them later on to the control of several real plants. Each plant is studied following a uniform procedure: a) the plant’s function

is described, b) a mathematical model is obtained, c) plant construction is explained in such a way that the reader can build his or her own plant to conduct experiments, d) experiments are conducted to determine the plant’s parameters, e) a controller is designed using the theory discussed in the first eight chapters, f) practical controller implementation is performed in such a way that the reader can build the controller in practice, and g) the experimental results are presented. Moreover, the book provides a wealth of exercises and appendices reviewing the foundations of several concepts and techniques in automatic control. The control system construction proposed is based on inexpensive, easy-to-use hardware. An explicit procedure for obtaining formulas for the oscillation condition and the oscillation frequency of electronic oscillator circuits is demonstrated as well.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Facultad de Ingenieria, Querétaro, Mexico

    Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán

  • Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CIDETEC, Mexico City, Mexico

    Ramón Silva-Ortigoza

About the authors

Prof. Dr. Victor Manuel Hernández-Guzmán is a Professor at Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro, Mexico, since 1995, where he teaches Classical and Modern (Linear and Nonlinear) Control in undergraduate and graduate academic programs. He is a researcher in the Automatic Control Systems field.

Prof. Dr. Ramón Silva-Ortigoza has been a Researcher at the Department of Mechatronics, CIDETEC-IPN, since 2006, being the author of several books in English and Spanish. His research interests include mechatronic control systems, mobile robotics, control in power electronics, and development of educational technology.


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eBook USD 79.99
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Softcover Book USD 99.99
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