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ECE 7: Feedback Control

Modelling, time response, stability, root locus, frequency response and compensator design.

Modelling, time response, stability, root locus, frequency response and compensator design. Free courses and textbooks, a self-check for every unit, and a build you can rerun, confirmed by people. Course 7 of the Varsity Curriculum: Electrical & Computer Engineering.

Part of: Electrical & Computer Eng. · Proves for: UG

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Solve Differential Equations (MIT 18.03SC)

Maths you need first (reused from the Mathematics or Data Science curriculum; optional here).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Do the problem sets and write them up
  2. 2Model something real with an ODE
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Derive the Linear Algebra Behind Machine Learning

Maths you need first (reused from the Mathematics or Data Science curriculum; optional here).

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3 milestones

  1. 1Master Vectors, Matrices, and Linear Transformations
  2. 2Apply Linear Algebra to ML Algorithm Derivations
  3. 3Present Linear Algebra for ML to an Expert Reviewer
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ECE 7: Feedback Control

Course 7: 3 units and a build.

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4 milestones

  1. 1Modelling and time response
  2. 2Stability and the root locus
  3. 3Frequency response and compensation
  4. 4Design a controller that meets a written spec
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Robotics 5: Planning & control

Robotics 5: Planning & control (reused from the Robotics curriculum; optional practice).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Plan, control and grasp in simulation
  2. 2Handle a goal someone else sets

Resources for this path

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Free MIT course: lectures, recitations, labs and problem sets.

Free textbook on feedback control, with examples in Python.

Free Python library for transfer functions, root locus and Bode plots.

Free Python notebooks in the browser.