Digital Control Engineering

Recent developments in LSI technology and the consequent availability of inexpensive microprocessors, memory chips and analog-to-digital converters have made it possible to use computers as integral part of control systems. This book presents control theory that is relevant to the analysis and design of computer-controlled systems.

Among its features, the
contains appendices that summarize the relevant background material;
summarizes the theoretical and practical aspects of a large class of transform-domain and state-space design algorithms;
describes the background to many current approaches to self-tuning control;
includes a computer-aided-design package;
discusses basic characteristics of stepping motors and their associated drives;
presents important hardware and software aspects of implementation of digital control algorithms using microprocessors;
includes three case studies on microprocessor-based control.