A control project for electronics engineering students
The relevance of control theory to electrical engineering can be demonstrated vividly to undergraduate students by its application to the design of linear continuous electronic circuits that control the height of a hovering helicopter, animated on a PC screen. The object of the student project is to design altitude control electronics by using control theory. The flexibility of the PC allows for full data logging and graphic display features as well as giving each student a unique set of parameters.
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