16.06 Principles of Automatic Control
Fall 2006
Instructors: John Jacob Deyst, Karen E Willcox
TAs: Thomas L Gray, Carl J Engel, Chad E Lieberman, Bernard J Michini
Lecture:
MWR2
(56-114)
Recitation: T2
(56-114)
Office Hours: M3-4, T3-5
(1st Floor, Bldg 33)
Information:
Announcements
16.06 Practice exam
1. I have posted the final exam from 2005 on the Stellar site if you would like to use it as a practice exam.2. Please note that the final is in room 32-123
3. Please fill out the online course evaluations!
Announced on 14 December 2006 11:02 a.m. by Karen Willcox
16.06 Final
1. For the final, I expect you to be able to design a proportional controller using Bode plots. I do not expect you to carry out a dynamic compensation design using Bode plots. However, for the dynamic compensators we discussed in Lecture 39, you should be familiar with the Bode plot representation and be able to determine compensator characteristics from a Bode plot. You should also be familiar with the general steps of the design processes we carried out for phase-lead and phase-lag compensators in L37 and L39.2. I will hold office hours on Thursday from 10-11am in 37-447.
Announced on 12 December 2006 1:16 p.m. by Karen Willcox
16.06 Lab 2
The Lab 2 assignment will be handed out on Wednesday and will be due next week on Wednesday Nov 22.There are no formal organised lab sessions. The Quanser lab will be open 9am-5pm Monday through Friday for you to complete the practical part of the assignment.
The TAs will be in the lab to help you:
Thurs Nov 16 4-5pm
Fri Nov 17 12-5pm
If you wish to reserve a specific Quanser for a specific time, there are signup sheets on the door of the lab.
The practical controller design and implementation should take you 1-1.5 hours. After you have designed your controller, there is a fair bit of analysis to carry out, and you are expected to write a formal report. Therefore, do not leave your lab work until the last minute. We strongly encourage you to do the lab work on Thursday or Friday.
Announced on 13 November 2006 3:24 p.m. by Karen Willcox
Lab report
16.06 students:To clarify, each student is expected to complete their own lab report. Obviously the data will be the same as your teammate, however you are expected to do your own report.
Announced on 03 October 2006 8:22 a.m. by Karen Willcox
MATLAB/Simulink Tutorial
16.06 Students,Just a reminder that the first MATLAB/Simulink tutorial is scheduled tomorrow (Thursday) from 3-5pm in room 1-115.
Also, the Problem Set 1 Solutions have been posted with a few corrections.
-Tom
Announced on 13 September 2006 7:29 p.m. by Thomas Gray
