Computing for Control Systems
(3-0-0-3)
CMPE Degree: This course is N/A for the CMPE degree.
EE Degree: This course is N/A for the EE degree.
Lab Hours: 0 supervised lab hours and 0 unsupervised lab hours.
Technical Interest Groups / Course Categories: Systems and Controls
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Prerequisites: None.
Catalog Description
Introduction to real-time computing, distributed computing, and software engineering in control systems. The particular requirements of control systems will be presented.Course Outcomes
Not Applicable
Strategic Performance Indicators (SPIs)
Not Applicable
Topic List
Introductory Topics in Controls - Principles of Feedback Control - Standard Control Architectures Implementation Issues - Stability and Effect of Time Delays - Common I/O models - Sensor Processing Advanced Control Concepts - Hybrid Systems Introductory Topics in Software Engineering - Software Reuse - Object-Oriented Controls - Component-Based Design Real-Time Computing for Controls - Threads and Processes - Scheduling - Intertask Communication Methods - Real-Time Operating Systems Distributed Computing for Controls - Network Communication Protocols Suitable for Controls - Interprocess Communication Models - Networked Control Systems Case Studies -- Application of these techniques to process control, robotics, and uninhabited autonomous vehicles. Projects will be given that include some of the following topics: implementing a multi-threaded control system using a real-time operating system, running control code distributed over a network, designing control of mobile robots using a distributed computing architecture.