Cover; Half-Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I.1. Architecture of computer-aided control systems; I.2. Dynamic processes to be controlled; I.3. Multifunction data acquisition (MDAQ) interface; I.3.1. Input/output buses; I.3.2. Unified software structure; I.3.3. Real-time programming operational diagram; I.3.4. MDAQ interface driver; I.3.5. A/D and D/A conversions in an instrumentation program; I.3.6. Further practical information on the MDAQ interface; I.4. Multimedia PC; I.5. Remote access stations; I.6. Organization of the book.

Part 1 Advanced Elements and Test Bench of Computer-aided Feedback Control1. Canonical Discrete State Models of Dynamic Processes; 1.1. Interest and construction of canonical state models; 1.2. Canonical realizations of a transfer function G(z); 1.2.1. Jordan canonical realization; 1.2.2. Controllable canonical realization; 1.2.3. Observable canonical realization; 1.3. Canonical transformations of discrete state models; 1.3.1. Jordan canonical transformation; 1.3.2. Controllable canonical transformation; 1.3.3. Observable canonical transformation; 1.3.4. Kalman canonical transformation.

1.4. Canonical decomposition diagram1.5. Discretization and canonical transformations using Matlab; 1.6. Exercises and solutions; 2. Design and Simulation of Digital State Feedback Control Systems; 2.1. Principle of digital state feedback control; 2.2. Calculation of the gain K using pole placement; 2.3. State feedback with complete order observer; 2.3.1. Problem statement; 2.3.2. Structure of the complete or full state observer; 2.3.3. Synthesis diagram of the state feedback with complete observer; 2.4. Discrete state feedback with partial observer; 2.4.1. Problem statement.

2.4.2. Structure of the partial state observer2.4.3. Diagram of discrete state feedback with partial observer; 2.5. Discrete state feedback with set point tracking; 2.6. Block diagram of a digital control system; 2.7. Computer-aided simulation of a servomechanism; 2.7.1. Simulation of a speed servomechanism; 2.7.2. Computer-aided simulation of a position servomechanism; 2.8. Exercises and solutions; 3. Multimedia Test Bench for Computer-aided Feedback Control; 3.1. Context and interest; 3.1.1. Context; 3.1.2. Scientific/teaching interest; 3.1.3. Platform presentation methodology.

3.2. Hardware constituents of the platform3.3. Design elements of the ServoSys software application; 3.3.1. Fundamental elements; 3.3.2. Elements of software programming; 3.4. Design of the ServoSys software application; 3.4.1. Architectural diagram of the software application; 3.4.2. SFC of the ServoSys multimedia platform; 3.5. Implementation of the ServoSys multimedia platform; 3.5.1. Hardware implementation; 3.5.2. Software implementation; 3.6. Overall tests of the platform; 3.6.1. Commissioning and procedures; 3.6.2. Samples of results displayed on the Matlab/GUI panel.