Course

Course Plan:

Objectives are achieved through:

1. Lab experiments
2. Mini Projects related to Control, Electronics, and Autopilot.

Experiments:

1. Validate time domain specifications of first-order systems.
2. Validate time domain specifications of second-order systems.
3. Design of PD controller for a given transfer function
4. Design of PI controller for a given transfer function
5. Design of Luenberger observer and Kalman filter
6. Acceleration measurement and position estimation.
7. Angular rate measurement and attitude measurement.
8. INS/GPS integration for position estimation
9. Stabilization of multicopter.

Course Objectives: To provide exposure on aerospace sensors and its control systems

References / Suggested Books

1. Norman S. Nise, “Control Systems Engineering,” 6th edition, Wiley India, 2012.
2. P.G Collinson, “Introduction to Avionics”, Springer, 2002.
3. C. Nelson, “Flight Stability and Automatic Control,” 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 2017.
4. Ogata, K., “Modern Control Engineering,” 5th edition, Prentice Hall, 2010.
5. N. Pamidi, “Performance, Stability, Dynamics, and Control of Airplanes,” 3rd edition, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2015.