AERO3600
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
This course introduces students to embedded control systems design. This encompasses modelling the embedded system, design and implementation trade-offs, and verification and validation. A focus of this course is to provide a unified framework that enables the synthesis of real-time control solutions that accommodate interlocking design trade-offs and conflicting requirements.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 1 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Evaluate the impact of sampling and sampling rate on state-space system models
2. Implement state inference on an embedded system
3. Design and implement a basic control solution on an embedded system
4. Model and accommodate state and actuator constraints into a control solution
5. Evaluate the impact of control system limitations and finite computing capabilities of embedded systems and the design trade-offs between performance, robustness and certifiability
6. Demonstrate the design of embedded control systems as a holistic and synergetic integration of cyber-physical systems
Content
1. Review principles of feedback control and embedded systems
2. Multi-domain state-space modelling of embedded control systems
3. Design of model-based control solutions, from sensors to actuators
4. Reliable and robust implementation of control systems on embedded hardware
5. Trade-offs and constraints for control design, computational complexity and certifiability of embedded systems
6. Software-, Processor-, and Hardware-in-the-loop testing
7. Mapping design requirements into control objectives and problem formulation
8. Validation of embedded control solution against control objectives
Requisite
Students cannot enrol in this course if they have successfully completed ENGG3440.
Assumed knowledge
ENGG2440 Modelling and Control
Assessment items
Quiz: Quiz 1, 2
Tutorial / Laboratory Exercises: Laboratory Exercises
Viva Voce: Laboratory Exercise
Project: Project
Contact hours
Semester 1 - 2024 - Callaghan
Laboratory-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Lecture-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- Two separate lectures will be held each week, on different days, with different content.
Lecture-2
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
- Two separate lectures will be held each week, on different days, with different content.
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
- AERO3600 - Semester 1, 2024 (Callaghan) (PDF, 235.3 KB)
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