Feedback / Tom Moir.

Includes bibliographical references.

1. Introduction to Feedback Control -- 2. The Laplace Transform and Linear Time-Invariant Systems -- 3. Transfer Function Approach -- 4. Speed and Position-Control Systems -- 5. Frequency Response Methods -- 6. Stability and Design of Closed-Loop Systems -- 7. State-Space System Descriptions -- 8. State-Space Control -- 9. Digital Sampled Systems -- 10. Implementation of Digital Controllers -- 11. Discrete-Time State-Space -- 12. Systems with Random Noise -- 13. Kalman Filtering -- 14. Implementing Digital Real-Time Servos -- 15. Nonlinear Systems -- 16. Feedback in Mathematical Algorithms -- 17. Introduction to Optimal Control.

This text ventures into areas which the majority of control system books avoid. It was written to look at the area in a much wider form than the usual process control or machine control-systems. Many topics which are covered in other specialities are covered such as the stability of amplifiers, phase-locked loops, structural resonance and parasitic oscillations. It also covers the application and implementation of real-time digital controllers and for the first time the Amplitude-locked loop. An even wider look at the area is shown by examining classical or historic mathematical algorithms in terms of control-theory. Despite its wide range, the book is tutorial in nature and tries to avoid where possible an obtuse mathematical approach. It comes with MATLAB, LabView and a few Mathematica examples. The book is an ideal undergraduate text for engineers and a refresher for many practising engineers. It gives a thorough background in the analogue domain before moving on to digital-control and its applications. The proceeds from author royalties of this book will be donated to charity.