Control System Design Guide, Third Edition: Using Your Computer to Understand and Diagnose Feedback Controllers 3rd Edition

by George Ellis (Author)

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Control System Design Guide, 3E will help engineers to apply control theory to practical systems using their PC. This book provides an intuitive approach to controls, avoiding unnecessary mathematics and emphasizing key concepts with more than a dozen control system models. Whether readers are just starting to use controllers or have years of experience, this book will help them improve their machines and processes.

* Teaches controls with an intuitive approach, avoiding unnecessary mathematics.
* Key topics are demonstrated with realistic models of control systems.
* All models written in Visual ModelQ, a full graphical simulation environment available freely via the internet.
* New material on OBSERVERS explained using practical applications.
* Explains how to model machines and processes, including how to measure working equipment; describes many nonlinear behaviours seen in industrial control systems.
* Electronic motion control, including details of how motors and motor feedback devices work, causes and cures of mechanical resonance, and how position loops work.

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"No matter how much you think you may know about the subject, there is something everyone can learn from this book. This book is control systems A-Z, and is the best book I have seen on the subject."
- Dave Trapasso, Senior Project Engineer, Delphi Automotive Systems

"I enjoyed reading this book. Although I have some experience in control engineering, it gave me a lot of insight into the implementation issues of drive control systems. This book is also written simply enough to be useful for self-study, even for engineers without a control system background. It covers classical approaches, as well as the recent developments in motion control. It is the most complete book on servo drive and motion control."
- Wodek Gawronski, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

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Make machines work better with this updated edition of Control System Design Guide.

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Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Academic Press; 3 edition (March 2, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0122374614
ISBN-13: 978-0122374616
Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 1.2 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
Average Customer Review: 15 customer reviews
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Great way to get an alternative view on controls

May 17, 2007

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

Ellis has made a fantastic book on PID and similar control loops. He takes a very different tact than most controls books -- he writes with a voice similar to a handbook, but delivers enough content to compete with more traditional textbook-style controls books. It is light on the math in comparison, but I don't find myself wanting for more math.

I do a lot of controls design, consulting, and teaching. I recommend this book often and find that people that buy it uniformly track me down and thank me for the recommendation. I can't think of much higher praise for this book.

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I've used this book and other versions of it for years. It is my go to reference for looking up filter forms in S and Z domain, resonance modeling and other things. There are so many places to get that information, that I think it says a lot about this book that I keep going back to it time and again. I got the kindle version, too. It's great to have the information in such a convenient format.

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Morsi

very fantastic book

December 6, 2008

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

i do not write reviews for books unless it is either so good or terrible bad, in our case here we have a lovely gem.

i really wish all the engineering books would have been at the same caliber of this wonderful book.
i wish i had this book during my college time, it would have made a lot of difference for my understanding to this difficult subject.
very clear explanations and the visual modelQ program download from the internet makes experimenting control theory fun to learn and makes you have feeling for the subject.

this book is not a mathematical treatment to the subject but it targets practical understanding of what may be vagued by mathematics.
if you are student and you want a good mathematical book try
"control systems engineering" by Norman Nise.

excellent book, highly recommended.

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Chris Schleich

Not as practical as I thought.

June 22, 2010

Format: HardcoverVerified Purchase

My rating is based on what I thought I was getting, based on the other reviews here.

What I am looking for is a book with that consistently (and constantly) bridges control theory discussions with physical examples.

For the most part this book is still written in an academia style, this book is not much different than my college control book. It is a little lighter litarally and figuratively; bit there are still a lot of equations and suggested computer simulations with limited real world explanation.

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Steven L. Reid

Control System Design Tapestry

June 17, 2000

Format: Hardcover

I attended a seminar given by the author in May 2000 and was given an early copy of this book. Without question, the book should be owned by anyone involved with feedback control systems. While solidly grounded in theory, the content of the book stresses the practical side of control systems. The subject matter is primarily directed towards motion control but the majority of the book would be useful to those involved with process control or other control loops.
The book is well organized and clearly written. You are never left wondering what the author was trying to convey. Most importantly, the book delineates control systems as they are actually implemented today. The book stresses the different types of PID control loops that are used, why and when they are used and how to tune them in detail. Command feedforward and disturbance responce is covered as an integral part of the control loops, subjects that are critically important to modern control systems but are often ignored in other control textbooks. There are two chapters on non-linearities and loop resonance's, what they are and how to deal with them including limitations to the fixes. Some new, practical, cutting edge control enhancements are also discussed.
The book uses a Windows based modeling program to simulate how real control systems work. If you can point and click, you can use this simulator. Although this program is called a learning tool, I'm certain it will be used to simulate real systems.
This book, in my opinion, is a tour de force work for control system design, implementation and tuning.

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Dan Carlson

A Practical Hads-On Guide to Control System Design

June 28, 2000

Format: Hardcover

This book is NOT just another academically oriented controls textbook. This book focuses exclusively on servo and motion systems. It presents highly complex topics, but avoids relying on detailed mathematical analysis, and instead emphasizes practical approaches that can be applied by anyone working on drive and motion systems. The book coveys complex topics in a clear and enlightening manner. Perhaps the most outstanding feature of this book is its use of ModelQ®. ModelQ® is a Windows© based modeling and simulation program written by the author and available at his website. It is used to illustrate and demonstrate various control concepts. ModelQ® has a very easy and intuitive user interface. ModelQ also contains a Digital Signal Analyzer (DSA). The DSA is a graphical display of the Bode plot (gain and phase) of the transfer function for the selected system output vs. the selected input. While this topic is heavily covered in most college controls courses and textbooks, few convey an understanding of the frequency domain performance of systems as clearly as this book and ModelQ®. The book has an excellent chapter on compliance and resonance. The effects of gearboxes, direct coupling, damping, and inertia mismatch are explored in depth. The PID is examined extensively. Six forms of PID are presented. The effects and interaction of each PID term is discussed. The strengths and drawbacks of each controller, as well as tradeoffs in simplicity and complexity, are summarized in a comparison chart. A flow chart to select the best controller structure based on needs is presented. Traditional tuning, such as "seat of the pants" and Zielger-Nichols is discussed. A flow chart based on frequency zoned tuning is presented that results in a simple, repeatable tuning technique. An entire chapter is provided on feed-forward techniques and how feed forward can be used to dramatically improve control system performance without any risk of stability problems. The chapter on motors covers motor design and construction, synchronous, induction, and reluctance motors, magnetics theory, motor speed- torque curves, linear & rotary motors, commutation, field weakening, power bridges, modulation, and flux-vector algorithms. I believe you will thoroughly enjoy the Control System Design Guide. This book covers a broad range of control topics, and addresses them in the framework of servo systems in a practical and application-oriented manner. Whether you are a controls technician or advanced degreed control engineer, this book will definitely make you more skilled and practiced in the art of control system design for servo and motion systems. I highly recommend Control Systems Design Guide as an extremely practical and thorough servo system controls reference.

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