Overview
You will be able to work in teams to model, analyse, and investigate design options for analogue and digital control systems. On satisfactory completion, you will be able to articulate typical control systems building blocks and select appropriate components and interfaces for specific applications. In addition, you will be able to develop mathematical models to analyse the behaviour of selected dynamic systems and to design controllers for these systems. In this unit, you must complete compulsory practical activities. Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for proposed dates.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: (ENEE13020 Digital Electronics or ENEX12002 Introductory Electronics) and ENEE12016 Signals and Systems.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2021
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Unit survey
Students appreciated the timely responses and the help from the lecturer.
This good practice will be continued.
Feedback from Unit survey
Students appreciated the experiments that helped understanding the theoretical content of the unit.
This good practice will be continued.
Feedback from Unit survey
Students identified the need to do better planning of the residential school.
This will be done better compared to this offering in which some of the new lab experiments were introduced for the first time.
Feedback from Unit survey
Students expect better organization in the unit content across the 12-week term together with more convenient scheduling of the consultation session to accommodate Mix-mode students.
These concerns will be accommodated in the next offering.
- Explain the principles of automatic control systems (analogue and/or digital) and typical associated control system building blocks
- Articulate the principles and applications of sensors and amplifiers; final control elements in an automatic control system (analogue and/or digital)
- Evaluate the role of the analogue and/or digital controller in a control system
- Model and analyse the behaviour of dynamic systems and the controller in combination using appropriate mathematical, graphical and computer-aided tools
- Investigate and report the process of analogue and/or digital controller design for a dynamic system; solved collaboratively or autonomously
- Communicate and document analogue and/or digital control system solutions, calculations and approaches, using correct terminology, symbols and diagrams.
The Learning Outcomes for this unit are linked with the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competency Standards for Professional Engineers in the areas of 1. Knowledge and Skill Base, 2. Engineering Application Ability and 3. Professional and Personal Attributes at the following levels:
Intermediate
Advanced
Refer to the Engineering Undergraduate Course Moodle site for further information on the Engineers Australia's Stage 1 Competency Standard for Professional Engineers and course level mapping information
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
| 2 - Laboratory/Practical - 10% | ||||||
| 3 - Laboratory/Practical - 10% | ||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
| 5 - Take Home Exam - 40% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Laboratory/Practical - 10% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Laboratory/Practical - 10% | ||||||||||
| 4 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 5 - Take Home Exam - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Control Systems Engineering
Edition: 8th edn or later (2013 or later)
Authors: Nise, N.S.
John Wiley & Sons
Hoboken Hoboken , NJ , USA
ISBN: 978-1-118-17051-9
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Both paper and eBook versions can be purchased at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code).
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.alahakoon@cqu.edu.au
k.emami@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to Control Systems
Chapter
Chapter 1: Introduction
Week 1 Study Guide
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Representation of control systems
Chapter
Chapter 2: Modeling in the Frequency Domain
Chapter 5: Reduction of Multiple Subsystems
Week 2, 3 Study Guide
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Representation of control systems
Chapter
Chapter 2: Modeling in the Frequency Domain
Chapter 5: Reduction of Multiple Subsystems
Week 2, 3 Study Guide
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Poles, zeros and the system response
Chapter
Chapter 4: Time Response
Chapter 7: Steady-State Errors
Week 4, 5 Study Guide
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Poles, zeros and the system response
Chapter
Chapter 4: Time Response
Chapter 7: Steady-State Errors
Week 4, 5 Study Guide
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Stability
Chapter
Chapter 6: Stability
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Overview of Digital Control
Chapter
Chapter 13: Digital Control Systems
Week 7 Study Guide
Events and Submissions/Topic
Residential school option 1: Labs in this unit will be held in Gladstone and Mackay campuses from 30th August till 1st September 2021. Online/Mixed Mode students may opt to attend in any campus depending on convenience.
Module/Topic
PID Control and State Space Design Techniques
Chapter
Week 8 Study Guide
Events and Submissions/Topic
Residential school option 2: Labs in this unit will be held in Bundaberg, Rockhampton and Cairns campuses from 06th till 08th September 2021. Online/Mixed Mode students may opt to attend in any campus depending on convenience.
Module/Topic
Root Locus Based Controller Design
Chapter
Chapter 8: Root Locus Techniques
Chapter 9: Design Via Root Locus
Week 9, 10 Study Guide
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Root Locus Based Controller Design
Chapter
Chapter 8: Root Locus Techniques
Chapter 9: Design Via Root Locus
Week 9, 10 Study Guide
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Frequency Response Based Controller Design
Chapter
Chapter 10: Frequency Response Techniques
Chapter 11: Design Via Frequency Response
Week 11 Study Guide
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Industrial Control Systems - PLCs and SCADA and Unit Review
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Topic Review: Students (No timetabled session)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Students may require Matlab/SIMULINK in order to complete Assignment 1. Matlab/SIMULINK can be installed free of charge by logging into Mathworks website through an account created using the CQUni email ID.
1 Written Assessment
Refer to the Moodle site for complete details of the assessment item.This is only a basic outline of the features relating to the assessment task.This assessment task will comprise questions, which require you to provide descriptive answers and detailed mathematical solutions in order to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the concepts and processes; including you providing your opinions, analysis and interpretation. Failure to adopt this approach will result in you obtaining a lower grade for your submission as you will not be appropriately demonstrating your knowledge and understanding. This assignment is from the content covered in weeks 1 to 2.
Week 5 Friday (13 Aug 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
Scan and upload to the link provided in unit Moodle site.
Week 7 Monday (30 Aug 2021)
Marked Assignment will be returned for student's feedback within two weeks of the due date.
Refer to the Moodle site for complete details of the Assignment Assessment Criteria sheet.This is only a basic outline of the features relating to the assessment task. Each submission will be assessed for presentation and layout, correct procedure, analysis and accuracy and appropriate referencing. The major assessment criteria relate to Analysis & Interpretation, Communication and Information Literacy. Ensure you access and read the details outlined in the Assignment Assessment Criteria sheet before commencing the assessment item. As you undertake the assessment item ensure you address all assessment criteria outlined. Also, at the completion of the assessment item, prior to submission, undertake an audit to ensure you have appropriately addressed all assessment criteria.
- Explain the principles of automatic control systems (analogue and/or digital) and typical associated control system building blocks
- Articulate the principles and applications of sensors and amplifiers; final control elements in an automatic control system (analogue and/or digital)
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Laboratory/Practical
Students will be formed into teams of generally 2-3 members for this assessment item. The laboratory experiments will be conducted in the following manner:
1. Both on-campus students and Online/Mixed mode students will have scheduled laboratory blocks in 5 CQUniversity campuses (Bundaberg, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Mackay and Cairns). Students can enroll to complete the laboratory experiments in any of those campuses.
2. Please check the class time table for the information about the scheduled sessions.
3. All students will submit team laboratory reports for this assessment. More information on the experiments and
lab sheets will be made available on the unit Moodle site.
Week 10 Friday (24 Sept 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
The assignment should be submitted electronically via the unit Moodle Site by the due date and time
Week 12 Friday (8 Oct 2021)
Marked Assignment will be returned for student's feedback within two weeks of the due date.
Refer to the Moodle site for complete details of the Laboratory Assessment Criteria sheet.This is only a basic outline of the features relating to the assessment task. Each submission will be assessed for presentation and layout, correct procedure, analysis and accuracy and appropriate referencing. The major assessment criteria relate to Data Collection & Analysis, Communication and Information Literacy. Ensure you access and read the details outlined in the Laboratory Assessment Criteria sheet before commencing the assessment item. As you undertake the assessment item ensure you address all assessment criteria outlined. Also, at the completion of the assessment item, prior to submission, undertake an audit to ensure you have appropriately addressed all assessment criteria.
- Investigate and report the process of analogue and/or digital controller design for a dynamic system; solved collaboratively or autonomously
- Communicate and document analogue and/or digital control system solutions, calculations and approaches, using correct terminology, symbols and diagrams.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
3 Laboratory/Practical
Students will be formed into teams of generally 2-3 members for this assessment item. The laboratory experiments will be conducted in the following manner:
1. Both on-campus students and Online/Mixed mode students will have scheduled laboratory blocks in 5 CQUniversity campuses (Bundaberg, Gladstone, Rockhampton, Mackay and Cairns). Students can enroll to complete the laboratory experiments in any of those campuses.
2. Please check the class time table for the information about the scheduled sessions.
3. All students will submit team laboratory reports for this assessment. More information on the experiments and
lab sheets will be made available on the unit Moodle site.
Week 12 Friday (8 Oct 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
The assignment should be submitted electronically via the unit Moodle Site by the due date and time
Exam Week Friday (22 Oct 2021)
Marked Assignment will be returned for student's feedback within two weeks of the due date.
Refer to the Moodle site for complete details of the Laboratory Assessment Criteria sheet.This is only a basic outline of the features relating to the assessment task. Each submission will be assessed for presentation and layout, correct procedure, analysis and accuracy and appropriate referencing. The major assessment criteria relate to Data Collection & Analysis, Communication and Information Literacy. Ensure you access and read the details outlined in the Laboratory Assessment Criteria sheet before commencing the assessment item. As you undertake the assessment item ensure you address all assessment criteria outlined. Also, at the completion of the assessment item, prior to submission, undertake an audit to ensure you have appropriately addressed all assessment criteria.
- Investigate and report the process of analogue and/or digital controller design for a dynamic system; solved collaboratively or autonomously
- Communicate and document analogue and/or digital control system solutions, calculations and approaches, using correct terminology, symbols and diagrams.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
4 Written Assessment
Refer to the Moodle site for complete details of the assessment task.This is only a basic outline of the features relating to the assessment task.This assessment task will comprise questions, which require you to provide descriptive answers and detailed mathematical solutions in order to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the concepts and processes; including you providing your opinions, analysis and interpretation. Failure to adopt this approach will result in you obtaining a lower grade for your submission as you will not be appropriately demonstrating your knowledge and understanding. This assignment is from the content covered in weeks 1 to 7.
Week 11 Friday (1 Oct 2021) 11:59 pm AEST
Make your individual submission to the link provided in Moodle site as a PDF/WORD file.
Exam Week Friday (22 Oct 2021)
Feedback will be provided through unit Moodle site.
Refer to the Moodle site for complete details of the Assignment Assessment Criteria sheet.This is only a basic outline of the features relating to the assessment task. Each submission will be assessed for presentation and layout, correct procedure, analysis and accuracy and appropriate referencing. The major assessment criteria relate to Analysis & Interpretation, Communication and Information Literacy. Ensure you access and read the details outlined in the Assignment Assessment Criteria sheet before commencing the assessment item. As you undertake the assessment item ensure you address all assessment criteria outlined. Also, at the completion of the assessment item, prior to submission, undertake an audit to ensure you have appropriately addressed all assessment criteria.
- Evaluate the role of the analogue and/or digital controller in a control system
- Model and analyse the behaviour of dynamic systems and the controller in combination using appropriate mathematical, graphical and computer-aided tools
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
5 Take Home Exam
This take home examination will be monitored through a ZOOM session and students will have to provide written answers to some questions.
1. Examination will be time scheduled and will take place for everyone at the same time.
2. Each student stays home with a device (preferably a laptop) essentially having a camera through which we can watch the student in a ZOOM session during the examination (please make sure you have a device with these requirements functioning).
3. That ZOOM link needs to be open throughout the exam.
4. The examination paper will be loaded to the Moodle so that students only can access it during examination period.
5. The student uses blank A4 papers (single side) to write answers.
6. At the end of the examination, he/she first takes photos of all written pages and email invigilator.
7. Later he/she scan the pages and upload to Moodle within a specified time at the end of examination.
8. Examination date and time will be within the standard examination period for Term 2-2020.
This will be held during examination week. The date and time of the examination will be notified later.
Outcomes will be published with the grade certification.
No Assessment Criteria
- Explain the principles of automatic control systems (analogue and/or digital) and typical associated control system building blocks
- Articulate the principles and applications of sensors and amplifiers; final control elements in an automatic control system (analogue and/or digital)
- Evaluate the role of the analogue and/or digital controller in a control system
- Model and analyse the behaviour of dynamic systems and the controller in combination using appropriate mathematical, graphical and computer-aided tools
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
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