ECE2010 Control Systems

V Velmurugan
027 TT Nanotechnology Lab
vvelmurugan@vit.ac.in
System An interconnection of elements and devices for a desired purpose.

Control System An interconnection of components forming a system

configuration that will provide a desired response.

Process The device, plant, or system

under control. The input and output
relationship represents the cause-and-
effect relationship of the process.
 The interaction is defined in terms of variables.
i. System input
ii. System output
iii. Environmental disturbances
Control System

Control is the process of causing a system variable to conform

to some desired value.
Manual control Automatic control (involving machines
only).
A control system is an interconnection of components forming
a system configuration that will provide a desired system
response.
Input Output
Control
Signal Signal
System

Energy
Source
General Control System

Disturbance

Controlled Manipulated
Set-point Error Signal Variable
or
Reference Actual
input + + Output
+
+ Controller Actuator + Process
-

Sensor
Feedback Signal
Open-Loop Control Systems
utilize a controller or control
actuator to obtain the desired
response.

Closed-Loop Control
Systems utilizes feedback to
compare the actual output to
the desired output response.

Multivariable Control System

Control System Classification

Desired
Controller Output
Output Process
Response Variables

Measurement

Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) System

Control System Classification

Missile Launcher System

Open-Loop Control System

Control System Classification

Missile Launcher System

Closed-Loop Feedback Control System

History
18th Century James Watts centrifugal governor for the speed control of a steam
engine.
1920s Minorsky worked on automatic controllers for steering ships.
1930s Nyquist developed a method for analyzing the stability of controlled systems
1940s Frequency response methods made it possible to design linear closed-loop
control systems
1950s Root-locus method due to Evans was fully developed
1960s State space methods, optimal control, adaptive control and
1980s Learning controls are begun to investigated and developed.
Present and on-going research fields. Recent application of modern control theory
includes such non-engineering systems such as biological, biomedical, economic and
socio-economic systems
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The Future of Control Systems
Sequential Design Example
Sequential Design Example
 Text book
Norman S. Nise, Control Systems Engineering, John Wiley & Sons,
6th Edition, 2010.
Reference books
I.J. Nagarth and M. Gopal, Control Systems Engineering, New Age
International, 5th Edition, 2011.
K. Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, Pearson Education, 5th
Edition, 2011.
FaridGolnaraghi and Benjamin C Kuo, Automatic Control Systems,
John Wiley & Sons, 9th Edition, 2009.
R.C. Dorf and R.H. Bishop, Modern Control Systems, Pearson
Education, 12th Edition, 2014.