Control Systems Theory

by Dave Wyland

The following files were used by Dave in his presentation about  the history of Control Theory and the use of Position and Velocity Feedback to provide dynamic control specificially in motor operations.  The presentation was made to the HomeBrew Robotics Club (HBRC) on June 26th, 2004.

• This is the PDF version of Dave's Slide Presentation
  
  
• "By monitoring period instead of pulse frequency, one unit can measure volts and millivolts to the same resolution without range switching."  The technical specifications are outlined in Dave Wyland's paper entitled VFC's give your ADC design high resolution and wide range.
  
  

• The following are the actual Excel Spread Sheets that were used to develop examples for the slide presentation:

  • Force Velocity Model

  • Force Velocity Position Model 1

  • Force Velocity Position Model 2

  • Force Position Model