Implementing Digital Control Applications in C
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In Carshalton
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
Carshalton
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Duration
5 Days
After attending this course, you will be able to: Design suitable data structures and functions for implementing digital control systems. Implement control algorithms in C. Interface control algorithms to system input and output hardware. Understand multi-tasking issues involved in complex control applications where the activities of multiple devices need to. Suitable for: This course is for engineers who have a basic knowledge of C programming , DSP algorithms and Digital Control Systems. This is a very intensive 5-day programming course designed to get engineers up to speed with the implementation in 'C' of Digital Control Systems applications
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Course programme
The 'C' programming skills needed to implement Digital Control algorithms include understanding issues such as how to convert a model of the system being controlled into suitable data structures and associated algorithms.
Key Skills
After attending this course, you will be able to:
- Design suitable data structures and functions for implementing digital control systems
- Implement control algorithms in C
- Interface control algorithms to system input and output hardware
- Understand multi-tasking issues involved in complex control applications where the activities of multiple devices need to be co-ordinated
- Apply state transition techniques to control applications
Course Contents
Intensive overview of arrays, pointers, and dynamic data structures I/O buffering - circular, polygonal, iove and shadow buffering Structured 'C' programming approaches to peripherals
- timers
- A/D and D/A peripherals
- PWM
- RS232
- I2C
- differential equations describing physical systems
- overview of the Laplace transform and its uses
- input-output relationships
- linear time invariance
- impulse response
- step response
- convolution
- Block diagrams
- Feedback configuration
- Closed loop transfer functions
- sampling continuous time signals
- input - output models
- z-transform and its uses
- poles and zeros
- selecting a sampling rate
- analysis
- stability
- sensitivity and robustness
- controllability, reachability, observability, detectability
- Overview of Root Locus Design methods
- Response characteristics - settling time, bandwidth
- Pole placement design techniques
- Structured design strategies
- process oriented modeling
- approximating continuous time controllers
- digital PID controller principles
- Direct structure - canonical, noln-canonical
- Cascade realisation
- Parallel realisation
- PID controller implementation
- coding details
- second-order modules
- first-order modules
- higher order modules
- overview of use case analysis
- State transition diagrams and their realisation in 'C'
- Statecharts and their realisation in 'C'
- direct scheduler implementation
- using an embedded RTOS
- Critical section and mutual exclusion issues
- Inter-task communication issues
- master-slave
- first-order modules
- peer-to-peer
Implementing Digital Control Applications in C