Solve Ordinary Differential Equations in Python by Using odeint() Function
by In this tutorial, we will learn how to solve Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) in Python by using the odeint() function. The YouTube page accompanying this …
Derivation and Explanation of the Formula for Settling Time of Transient Response
In this tutorial and in the accompanying YouTube video, we derive and explain the formula for the settling time of the transient response of a …
Create Movies from Images or Matrices in MATLAB
In this post, we explain how to create movies from images or matrices in MATLAB. The YouTube video accompanying this post is given below. We …
Control Systems Lecture: Overshoot and Peak Time as Functions of Damping Ratio and Natural Undamped Frequency – Complete Derivation
In this post and in the accompanying YouTube video tutorial we derive the formulas (functions) for overshoot and peak time. We show that peak time …
Transient Response Specifications: Peak time, Settling time, Rise Time, Overshoot, and Percent Overshoot
1. Introduction In this post and in the accompanying YouTube tutorial, we provide explanations of transient response specifications: peak time, settling time, rise time, overshoot, …
Transient Response of a Prototype Second-Order Dynamical System with Detailed Derivation Using Inverse Laplace Transform (damping, natural frequency, and damping ratio)
In this post, we explain how to analytically compute a transient response of a prototype second-order linear dynamical system. We start from a generic (prototypical) …
Introduction to root locus method with example and MATLAB code – Part 1
In this post, we introduce the root locus technique. This technique is used to quickly sketch the locations of the closed loop poles when a …
Routh-Hurwitz Stability Criterion and Test (no special cases)
The main idea of the Routh-Hurwitz stability test is to determine if a system is asymptotically stable without explicitly finding the roots of the characteristic …
Starting with FPGA coding – Learn how to turn on LEDs and implement simple digital logic
In this introductory field-programmable gate array (FPGA) tutorial, we explain how to turn on LEDs and implement simple digital logic. This tutorial is based on …
Brief 3DOptix Tutorial – Free Cloud-Base Software For Optical Design and Ray Tracing Simulations
Recently, I have discovered a very simple to use and more importantly, completely free software for optical design and ray tracing simulations. The name of …