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Digital Control of Physical Systems
MECH&AE XLC 171B
This course is part of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science (HSSEAS) Master of Science in Engineering Online (MSOL) program. It is available only to students pre-approved by HSSEAS. For more information visit msol.ucla.edu.
MAE 171B Digital Control of Physical Systems. (Instructor: Tsao, T-C.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, six hours. Enforced requisite: course 171A or Electrical Engineering 141. Analysis and design of digital control systems. Sampling theory. Z-transformation. Discrete-time system representation. Design using classical methods: performance specifications, root locus, frequency response, loop-shaping compensation. Design using state-space methods: state feedback, state estimator, state estimator feedback control. Simulation of sampled data systems and practical aspects: roundoff errors, sampling rate selection, computation delay.
Restricted course.
1. Please contact the Master of Science Online (MSOL) program at admissions@seas.ucla.edu or (310) 825-6542 for approval.
2. Once approved, you may submit a petition to enroll (PTE) request through this website. Click "add to cart" to apply for enrollment.
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