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Control Systems for Complete Idiots (Electrical Engineering for Complete Idiots)

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In this day and age everything around us is automatic and our desire to automate more stuff is only increasing. Control systems finds its applications in everything you can possibly think of. The concept of Control system plays an important role in the working of, everything from home appliances to guided missiles to self-driving cars. These are just the examples of Control systems we create. Control systems also exist in nature. Within our own body, there are numerous control systems, such as the pancreas, which regulate our blood sugar. In the most abstract sense it is possible to consider every physical object a control system. Hence from an engineering perspective, it is absolutely crucial to be familiar with the analysis and designing methods of such Control systems. Control systems is one of those subjects that go beyond a particular branch of engineering. Control systems find its application in Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Civil Engineering and many other branches of engineering. Although this book is written in an Electrical engineering context, we are sure that others can also easily follow the topics and learn a thing or two about Control systems. In this book we provide a concise introduction into classical Control theory. A basic knowledge of Calculus and some Physics are the only prerequisites required to follow the topics discussed in the book. In this book, We've tried to explain the various fundamental concepts of Control Theory in an intuitive manner with minimum math. Also, We've tried to connect the various topics with real life situations wherever possible. This way even first timers can learn the basics of Control systems with minimum effort. Hopefully the students will enjoy this different approach to Control Systems. The various concepts of the subject are arranged logically and explained in a simple reader-friendly language with MATLAB examples. This book is not meant to be a replacement for those standard Control systems textbooks, rather this book should be viewed as an introductory text for beginners to come in grips with advanced level topics covered in those books. This book will hopefully serve as inspiration to learn Control systems in greater depths. Read more


Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 31, 2018


Language ‏ : ‎ English


File size ‏ : ‎ 9746 KB


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    • Just good as a quick reference guide
If you want to quickly remember the main concepts of LTI Systems, this is what you need. Simple to read
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2021 by Someone
    • Excellent review/preview
Nice book, it is like an abstract of an introductory control system book. If you knew the subject matter and have not used for a while this is what you need. If you are starting out is a guide post. Enjoy it.
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2022 by Jose Paz
    • Not intuitive, not explained with “minimum math”, over abridged, over priced
This book presents itself in the preface as being an intuitive introduction to control theory with minimum math but that is laughable. It is mostly math and explanations of math at 100mph before you run out of pages 45 minutes after picking the book up. I feel like a text book would serve you better because a text book won’t explain Laplace transforms AND solving differential equations so quickly (5 1/2 pages for this book after sending you to the appendix to learn about both Fourier series and transforms in 3 1/2 pages) Also laughable was their claim they connect the machine gun of math concepts with real life situations. Chapter 1 the introduction chapter features real world examples of extremely simple concepts like open and closed loop systems, chapter 3 features a joystick example of transfer functions, and then from that joystick example on page 17 to page 47 where a small example of stability appears you are subjected to equations, block diagrams, and explanations of equations and block diagrams. When I say explanation I mean tables of properties of equations as well as English statements purely describing components of the equations. The term “intuitive” is clearly a buzz word for publishers in this book, not the reality. Albert Einstein said “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” The volume of topics covered in as few pages as this book contains does not follow Einstein’s axiom. If you see the cutesy cover to this book and think “I’m familiar with Calculus and maybe also an idiot but I’d like to learn control theory” you would have a better time reading Wikipedia. This book races through so many mathematical concepts with only three real world examples in the entire book that I sincerely felt duped by the title and how this book advertises itself. Perhaps I’m too much of an idiot for this book but I believe an idiot like me deserves more explanations and tie ins to the real world, not fewer pages with fewer examples... perhaps like a textbook. Want to avoid paying for this book but familiarize yourself with the topics of control theory? Google/ lookup on wikipedia/ find YouTube videos for: -time varying and time invariant systems -linear/ non linear systems -continuous time vs discreet time -open vs closed loop systems -Laplace transforms - Fourier series and Fourier transform -solving differential equations -transfer functions -unit impulse function -impulse response -block diagrams -signal flow graphs -mason’s rule -time response analysis -first order systems -second order systems -transient response specifications -stability of control systems -auxiliary equation -root locus -frequency domain analysis -bode plot ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2020 by Dan
    • Good introduction
This is a good introduction to control systems. This covers most of the topics covered in a typical beginners control system class, albeit with less rigor. This is a good place to start learning about control systems.
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2018 by jesse
    • Several significant theoretical errors.
The book has some value. If one is interested in the mechanics of control systems, this book presents the mechanics very tersely. However, the theoretical treatment is erroneous. In particular, the author is very confused about what a Dirac delta function is, what the impulse response is, and how they relate. For example, the author claims that a bounded function is a sum of an uncountably infinite number of Dirac delta functions. But the Dirac delta function is unbounded; this is obviously wrong. In a separate section, after describing the Dirac delta function as a distribution that has the value infinity earlier, the author claims that the result of the Dirac delta function can be used to determine if a system is BIBO stable because the input is bounded. Again, the author is very confused. Having seen this material before, it was good to see the mechanics again. However, the treatment is too poor to be of value to someone who is seeing this for the first time. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2021 by NicNic8
    • do not waste your money on this
Worst technical book i have ever seen. Not one definition of equation coefficients, no not one, no examples and no explanation. best use of it... tear out the few useless pages there are and use them to light a fire in your fireplace this winter... don't waste your money on this author .
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2020 by Laird S.
    • Do not buy
A waste of money and time. This is only useful if you already know about control systems and need a shim to keep your desk from rocking.
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2021 by R. Hamilton

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