Course syllabus

Course-PM

SSY251 Applied control system design lp2 HT24 (7.5 hp).

The course is offered by the Department of Electrical Engineering.

 

Organisation of learning activities

All lectures, workshops and hardware lab sessions will be conducted in physical rooms.  Some exercise and computer lab sessions will be conducted online.

 

Contact details

• Lecturers for Control System Design:
  • Changfu Zou (changfu.zou@chalmers.se) - Examiner, Course Introduction/Overview, Estimation, State Control
  • Yang Li (yang.li@chalmers.se) - PID, Cascade Control, and PLC
  • Yicun Huang (yicun@chalmers.se) - State-Space Modelling, Simulation and Analysis
  • Xiaolei Bian (xiaoleib@chalmers.se) - Machine Learning
• Lecturer for Information Literacy:
  • Beate Granström (beate.granstrom@chalmers.se) 
• Lecturers for Scientific Writing: 
  • Carina Sjöberg-Hawke (carsjobe@chalmers.se)
  • Becky Bergman (rebecca.bergman@chalmers.se)
• Teaching assistant:
  • Godwin K. Peprah (godwinp@chalmers.se) - Exercise Sessions, Computer Labs, Hardware Labs, Exams Grading 
• Administrator at E2:
  • Christina Lidbeck (christina.lidbeck@chalmers.se). Floor 3, EDIT building, Hörsalsvägen 11

• Student Representatives:
  • Raghad Ayed (raghad2001ayed@hotmail.com)      
  • Jesper Björklund (jesbjork@chalmers.se)
  • Marcus Funderud (funderud@chalmers.se
  • Nermin Karabegovic (nerminkara415@gmail.com)
  • Markus Lennartsson (markus.lennartsson4@gmail.com)

 

Course purpose

To give theoretical and practical knowledge in dynamic modelling, system identification, state estimation, and feedback controller design. Special focus is on state-space models and simulation as well as on components in computer-based control systems. See more on Studieportalen. 

 

Course literature

[1] Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers. Karl Johan Åström and Richard M. Murray, Princeton University Press, 2008. PDF available at LINKLinks to an external site.

[2] Advanced PID control. Karl-Johan Åström and Tore Hägglund, 2006. Available as an ebook at Chalmers LibraryLinks to an external site. Login to get access. Recommended reading Chapters 1-3 for Lectures 2 and 3.

[3] Optimal State Estimation: Kalman, H_infty, and Nonlinear Approaches (Chapters 3 and 5). Dan Simon, John Wiley & Sons, 2006. PDF available at [LSQ estimation of a constant Download LSQ estimation of a constant] and [Discrete-time KF Download Discrete-time KF]

 

Schedule

All the time slots and rooms can be found here: TimeEditLinks to an external site. Scheduled activities for Control System Design are as follows:

Content	Week	Lecture	Exercises	Labs
Introduction, PID	w45	L1, L2	E1, E2
PID in PLC, Cascade Control, State-Space Modelling	w46	L3, L4	E3, E4
Simulation and Analysis	w47	L5		CL 1, HL
Machine Learning	w48	L6	E5	HL
Machine Learning, Estimation	w49	L7, L8, L9	E6	CL 2, CL 3
State Feedback Control	w50	L10, L11	E7, E8
State Feedback Control, Course Overview	w51	L12, L13	Q&A	CL4

Acronyms: Lecture (L), Exercise session (E), Computer Lab (CL), Hardware Lab (HL).

NB:

• HLs are mandatory to attend.
• E and CLs are optional to attend but submitting a report for the CLs is mandatory.
• E3, E4, and E8 will not be conducted in a physical classroom. Pre-recorded videos will be made available. An in-person Q&A session for E3 + E4 will be held in EDIT-rummet 3364 (Johanneberg) on Monday, 18/11/2024 from 08.00-09.30. Q&A for E8 will be held online (link), on 12/12/2024 from 14.00-14.45.
• CL4 will be conducted online. A Zoom link will be provided. 
• For some lectures, there will be in-class quizzes. Answering them correctly can earn you bonus points, with 0.5 points available per lecture. These bonus points will be added to your final exam score.

 

Scheduled activities for Information Literacy and Scientific Writing are as follows:

Content	Week
SW 1	w46
IL 1 & 2	w48
SW 2	w49
SW3	w51

Acronyms: Scientific Writing (SW), Information Literacy (IL)

NB: All SW sessions are mandatory. Every student must participate in one of the two IL sessions. 

 

Deadlines for SW and CL submissions are as follows:

Week	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
w47					SW1
w48					CL1
w49
w50					CL2
w51					SW2a, CL3
w52
w1(2025)		SW2b			CL4

Hardware lab sessions

There are six scheduled (repeated) hardware lab sessions, and you only need to book one of them. Please aim to book one of the early sessions to ensure space is available for a re-sit session in case someone misses or doesn't pass the first attempt.

• Lab Session 1: for lab groups 1-3
• Lab Session 2: for lab groups 4-6
• Lab Session 3: for lab groups 7-9
• Lab Session 4: for lab groups 10-12
• Lab Session 5: for lab groups 13-15
• Lab Session 6: for lab groups 16-18

Note: only four sessions appear on the course schedule on TimeEdit, and we have requested Schema to update this. Sessions 5-6 will be on November 29th, 1:15 pm-5:00 pm and December 3rd, 8:15 am-12:00 pm. 

 

Examination

• Passed hardware labs.
• Passed Scientific Writing assignments.
• Passed written exam: Grade 3 (40-60%), 4 (60-80%), 5 (80-100%).

 

Changes made since the last occasion

There are no major changes to the course. Lectures will be slightly changed, but cover the same topics.