Experiences with Basic Control Course Supported by MATLAB/SIMULINK Exercises

A basic control course is taught for electrical engineering students at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. Through two semesters the students get a basic knowledge on control concepts. Every week there are 2 hours of theoretical lectures immediately followed by 2 hours of MATLAB based interactive computer laboratories. In the curriculum besides the conventional material new aspects of control design such as Youla parametrization have also been included. Practical considerations as e.g. controller saturation are also dealt with. The paper reviews briefly the curriculum and the educational process of this program.