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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

North Dakota State University

ECE 461/661: Controls Systems

Syllabus - Fall 2025

Updated 06/01/2025

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Syllabus - HW & Solutions - Resources - Comments

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Instructor: Jacob Glower

Contact: Jacob.Glower@ndsu.edu
Class Times: MWF 10am, ECE 123

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	Date	Lecture	Videos and Code YouTube PlayList	Handouts	Homework
M	Aug 25	Holiday!	Download Matlab (link here) Download SciLab (link here) VisSim (link here)		HW #1
W	Aug 27	Syllabus Intro to Ladder Logic	0: Syllabus 1 Intro to PLCs
F	Aug 29	Code Composer Workbench PLCs and State Transition Logic	2 Logic with PLCs 3 State Transition Logic
M	Sep 1	Holiday -			HW #2
W	Sep 3	Timer Blocks Counter Blocks	4 Timers 5 Counters
F	Sep 5	For-Next Loops, If-Then Statements Analog Inputs & Comparitors
M	Sep 8	Structured Text (ST) Programs	6 ST Intro 7 ST Counters 8 ST Timers		HW #3 - HW #4
W	Sep 10	LaPlace Transforms Slides #10	10 LaPlace	10 LaPlace
F	Sep 12	1^st and 2^nd Order Approximations Slides #11	11 1^st & 2^nd Order	11 Find G(s) 2^nd Order Approx
M	Sep 15	Block Diagrams Slides #12	12 Block Diag	12 Block Diagrams	HW #5
W	Sep 17	Career Fair (no class)
F	Sep 19	State-Space and Canonical Forms Slides #13	13 State Space	13 State Space
M	Sep 22	Electrical Circuits: Heat Equation Slides #14	14 Circuits	14 RLC Heat.m	HW #6
W	Sep 24	Mass Spring Systems: Wave Equation Slides #15	15 Mass Spring	15 MBK Wave.m
F	Sep 26	Rotational Systems & Gears Slides #16	16 Rotational Systems	16 JDK
M	Sep 29	Modeling a DC Servo Motor Slides #17	17 Modeling a DC Motor		Test #1
W	Oct 1	Review
F	Oct 3	Test #1
M	Oct 6	Error Constants Slides #18	18 Error Constants	18 Error Const	HW #7
W	Oct 8	Routh Criteria Slides #19	19 Routh Criteria	19 Routh Table
F	Oct 10	Sketching a Root Locus Plot Slides #20	20 Root Locus	20 Root Locus a
M	Oct 13	Root Locus with Complex Poles Slides #21	21 Root Locus b	21 Root Locus b	HW #8
W	Oct 15	Gain Compensation Slides #22	22 Gain Comp	22 Gain Comp
F	Oct 17	Lead Compensation Slides #23	23 Lead	23 Lead
M	Oct 20	PID Compensation Slides #24	24 PID Heat.m Heat Equation Simulation	24 PID	HW #9
W	Oct 22	Meeting Design Specs Slides #26	26 Meeting Specs	26 Meeting Specs
F	Oct 24	Systems with Delays Slides #27	27 Delays	27 Delays
M	Oct 27	Unstable Poles and Multi-Loop Feedback Slides #28	28 Unstable Poles	28 Unstable Poles	Test #2
W	Oct 29	Review
F	Oct 31	Test #2
M	Nov 3	z-transform Slides #29	29 z Transform	29 z Transforms	HW #10
W	Nov 5	s to z Conversion Slides #30	30 s to z	30 s to z
F	Nov 7	Root Locus in the z-Domain Slides #31	31 Root Locus	31 Root Locus
M	Nov 10	Digital PID Control Slides #32	32 Digital PID	32 z PID	HW #11
W	Nov 12	Meeting Design Specs in the z-plane Slides #33	33 Design Specs	34 Design Specs
F	Nov 14	Digital Control of a DC Servo Motor Slides #34	34: Digital Control of a DC Servo Motor
M	Nov 17	Bode Plots Slides #35	35 Bode Plots	35 Bode Plots	HW #12
W	Nov 19	Nichols Charts and Gain Compensation Slides #36	36 Nichols	36 Nichols
F	Nov 21	Gain and Lead Compensation with Bode Plots Slides #37	37 Gain & Lead	37 Gain & Lead
M	Nov 24	Meeting Design Specifications Slides #39	39 Design Specs	39 Specs	-
W	Nov 26	Holiday!
F	Nov 28	Holiday!
M	Dec 1	Lag Compensators Slides #38	38 Lag	38 Lag	Test #3
W	Dec 3	Review
F	Dec 5	Test #3
M	Dec 8	PID with a DC Servo Motor Slides #25	25: PID of DC Servo Motor
W	Dec 10	Modern Control (preview of ECE 463/663)
F	Dec 12	Review
		Final Exam (1-3pm)