http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/ 2010-09-09T01:31:07-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/ http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-09-07T17:02:46-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=cdrom&rev=1283900566&do=diff Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Coordinate Frames Chapter 3 - Kinematics and Dynamics Contains the following files: airdata.m - simulates computation of airdata - will be replaced tv.jpg - graphic file of TV plotmavstatevariables.m - file that produces plots of all state variables text/html 2010-05-12T10:33:29-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee370&rev=1273682009&do=diff ECE 370 Introduction to Probability Instructor Syllabus Schedule Class Hours Project Important Dates Comments and Suggestions text/html 2010-05-12T10:28:25-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee370comments&rev=1273681705&do=diff I would like to hear your comments and suggestions on the course. Specific comments about the lectures, examples in class, book, homework problems, etc., will be extremely helpful. What do you like? What do you not like? Please enter your comments in the appropriate sections below. text/html 2010-05-12T10:34:12-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee370hours&rev=1273682052&do=diff Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8AM 9AM 10AM 11AM 12AM … text/html 2010-06-07T14:50:14-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee370instructor&rev=1275943814&do=diff Prof. Randy Beard email: beard (at) byu (dot) edu office: 450 CB voice: (801) 422-8392 Office Hours: TBA text/html 2010-06-28T16:00:23-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee493r&rev=1277762423&do=diff Battery: Capacity 90mAh Voltage 3.7v Single Cell Weight 3.0g Dimensions 14.5mm x 23mm x 4.8mm Max Discharge 15C (1350mA) Connector Type 10mm Bahoma <http://www.microflight.com/Online-Catalog/Batteries-and-Chargers/LP90-FR-Bahoma-Cell-with-10mm-Bahoma> text/html 2010-08-30T13:05:46-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee674&rev=1283195146&do=diff ECE 674 / ME 634 Flight Dynamics and Control Instructor Syllabus Schedule Project Important Dates Simulation files Comments and Suggestions (Fall 2010) Comments and Suggestions (Winter 2010) text/html 2010-04-14T20:34:01-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee674comments&rev=1271298841&do=diff We would like to hear your comments and suggestions for the book. Also, reporting typos will be extremely helpful. Please enter your comments in the appropriate sections below. As an introduction to use doku-wiki you must have double backslashes (\\) to indicate a newline. To have a space between entries leave an empty line in the code. To edit a section please select the “edit” button after the section not before. A quick tutorial on additional syntax is available here. You can enter eq… text/html 2010-09-06T20:19:04-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee674commentsf10&rev=1283825944&do=diff We would like to hear your comments and suggestions for the book. Also, reporting typos will be extremely helpful. Please enter your comments in the appropriate sections below. As an introduction to use doku-wiki you must have double backslashes (\\) to indicate a newline. To have a space between entries leave an empty line in the code. To edit a section please select the “edit” button after the section not before. 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You can enter eq… text/html 2010-08-19T13:34:57-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee674dates&rev=1282246497&do=diff Midterm * October 29 Final Project Proposal * Due to instructor by November 1 Final Project and Presentation * Final week of class text/html 2010-08-30T12:55:13-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee674instructor&rev=1283194513&do=diff Prof. Randy Beard email: beard (at) byu (dot) edu office: 450 CB voice: (801) 422-8392 Office Hours: Friday 3-4 text/html 2010-03-09T10:29:19-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee674project&rev=1268155759&do=diff * Model dynamics of take-off and land including the effects of the runway. * Replace some PID loops with loopshaping-based controllers and show improved disturbance rejection, where disturbances are due to wind gusts. * Use a CAD program to develop a nice graphic view of an airframe. * Connect Simulink simulation to Virtual Cockpit. * Vision based geolocation (chap 13) * Vision based terminal guidance (chap 13) * Implement a full nine state Kalman filter and compare to results in Ch… text/html 2010-08-19T13:33:55-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee674schedule&rev=1282246435&do=diff Week Date Topic Reading 1 8/30, 9/1,3 Intro, Coordinate Frames Chapter 2 2 9/6,8,10 Kinematics and Dynamics Chapter 3 3 9/13,15,17 Forces and Moments Chapter 4 4 9/20,22,24 Linear Design Models Chapter 5 5 9/27,29,10/1 Autopilot Design Chapter 6 6 10/4,6,8 Sensor models Chapter 7 7 10/1… text/html 2010-08-30T13:02:32-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee674syllabus&rev=1283194952&do=diff Text For the textbook we will be using the textbook Beard, McLain, Guidance and Control of Small and Miniature Air Vehicles, To be published in March 2011 by Princeton University Press. Reference Books There are some excellent textbooks that cover some of the material discussed in this class. The best is text/html 2010-04-12T09:43:07-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee774&rev=1271086987&do=diff ECE 774 / ME 734 - Nonlinear Control Theory Instructor Syllabus Lecture Schedule Whirlybird Project Class Hours Important Dates I would appreciate your comments and suggestions on the class. Please enter your comments on the page below: text/html 2010-07-15T03:42:35-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee774comments&rev=1279186955&do=diff Please enter your comments and suggestions for the class. Things like “I didn't understand your lecture on ...” would be really helpful. Also, general comments on the homework like “problem 2.x really helped me understand...” and “problem 4.x was a waste of time” would be useful. The more specific the suggestion, the more likely that I will respond in the future. (Thank you for helping me to more effectively present this material!) text/html 2010-01-04T14:50:10-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee774dates&rev=1262641810&do=diff Midterm 1 * Hand out February 22 * Due at the beginning of class March 1 Project * Due in class on April 12 Final Exam * In class, open book, open notes * Monday April 19, 11AM-2PM. text/html 2010-02-19T09:54:04-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee774hours&rev=1266598444&do=diff Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 8AM Class in CB 369 Class in CB 369 Class in CB 369 9AM 10AM Homework Session in FB 290 11AM 12AM … text/html 2010-01-08T10:31:38-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee774instructor&rev=1262971898&do=diff Prof. Randy Beard email: beard (at) byu (dot) edu office: CB 450 voice: (801) 422-8392 Office Hours: Instead of a regular office hour, I will meet with interested students to work homework problems on Thursday at 10AM in the Magicc Lab conference area (B-34, room 150). text/html 2010-04-06T12:41:23-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee774project&rev=1270579283&do=diff A description of the whirlybird dynamics is given in [whirlybird.pdf]. The project assignment is in Chapter 11. Simulink files for the whirlybird: [whirlybird_simulink.zip]. These files implement a working Simulink example using a linear state feedback controller in autopilot.m. The code is a little more complex then it needs to be to allow the user to tune the rise time and damping coefficient for the roll, pitch, and yaw loops. The code contains examples of implementing both an integ… text/html 2010-03-26T13:31:10-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee774schedule&rev=1269631870&do=diff Week Date Topic Reading Homework Due 1 1/4,6,8 Intro, Second order Systems [Chapter 1], [Chapter 2], [1.3, 1.11, 2.5, 2.14], 1/15 2 1/11,13,15 Gronwall-Bellman, existance/uniqueness [Appendix], [Chapter 3] [3.1, 3.3, 3.7, 3.8] 1/22 3 1/20,22 Continuous Dependence [Chapter 3] [3.11, 3.17, 3.22, 3.28] 1/29 4 1/25,27,29 Lyapunov Stabilit… text/html 2010-01-04T13:58:27-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=ee774syllabus&rev=1262638707&do=diff Text Khalil, Nonlinear Systems, Prentice Hall, third edition, 2002. Reference Books Slotine and Li, Applied Nonlinear Control, Prentice Hall, 1991. Marino and Tomei, Nonlinear Control Design, Prentice Hall, 1995. Sastry, Nonlinear Systems: Analysis, Stability, and Control, Springer, 1999. text/html 2010-08-19T13:09:59-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=start&rev=1282244999&do=diff ECE 674 / ME 634 Flight Dynamics and Control ECE 370 Probability Theory ECE 774 / ME 734 Nonlinear Control Theory ECE 493R Flying Phish ECE 490 Campus Challenge text/html 2010-01-08T10:16:40-06:00 http://rwbclasses.groups.et.byu.net/doku.php?id=suggestions&rev=1262971000&do=diff Please enter your comments and suggestions for the class. Things like “I didn't understand your lecture on ...” would be really helpful. Also, general comments on the homework like “problem 2.x really helped me understand...” and “problem 4.x was a waste of time” would be useful. The more specific the suggestion, the more likely that I will respond in the future. (Thank you for helping me to more effectively present this material!)