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Control Systems made easy

Web-based Simulator

Explore, model, simulate, and analyze dynamic control systems in our simulator.

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Bode Plot Engine

Analyze plant transfer functions & design controllers.

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S/Z Plane Relationship

See the effect of pole location in continuous and discrete time domains at the same time.

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About Control Systems Academy

Basic Info

This portal provides a number of interactive examples focused on control system theory. Crafted by researchers focused on controls of electromechanical systems, the intent is to help students and engineers "connect the dots" by showing the relationships between the frequency and time domains and to elucidate some of the more abstract control theory analysis and design concepts.

What is here?

  1. A series of articles focused on control system theory are to be found here.

  2. A web-based simulator suited to test out concepts right away without MatLab/Simulink installed on your machine.

  3. Bode Plot Engine, a computing and plotting environment with combined symbolic and numerical inputs.

  4. Many other articles focused on power electronics, motor control, and instrumentation.

This site is viewed complementary to other websites focused on control theory- because those do not have interactive elements deemed crucial to understanding the nuances of analysis and design techniques.

MatLab(©) Compatibility

Crucial interactive demos are complemented by MatLab(©) code examples that allow the reader to readily port script to a standalone MatLab(©) application. All examples were extensively tested for 1:1 match with MatLab.

Video Introduction

The following YouTube video highlights some of the interactive features found on this portal.

Control Systems Academy .com - YouTube

Control Systems Academy .com
Tomas Sadilek

Interactive Demos

Four analytics:

  • Fourier Series Demo - It is all sine waves.
  • System Dynamics - Time Constants - Introduction to dynamic systems.
  • Time Domain Scope Features - Learn to use the online interactive scope.
  • Proportional Controller Implementation - In MatLab, DSPs, and FPGAs.
  • Control System Block Diagram - The fundamentals of signal flow.
  • System Modeling With Transfer Functions - Introduction to dynamic systems.
  • Bode Plot - Interactive Pole/Zero Placement - Bode plots of low/high-pass filters, PI controller, lead/lag filters and build-your-own.
  • Digital Control Loops - Learn about the path from the analog domain to the discrete-time domain.
  • Proportional-Integral Controller: Demo - The ubiquitous PI Controller explained.
  • Lead / Lag Compensators - Introduction to Lead and Lag compensators.

Control Theory Articles

Number of Control Theory Articles: 32
Number of Interactive Demos: 12

Recent Updates:

05/27/24
Notice: This website is no longer periodically updated due to a variety of professional and personal responsibilities. However, should you find an error, please leave feedback at my email address ( CSA Team. Thank you!

04/30/19
First-Order Low-Pass Filter Discretization corrections.

04/13/19
Web-Based Simulator now contains pulse generation block.