Any Control Book recommendations for the Novice?

Jun 18, 2005 8 Replies

I've been reading this ng for a while and have been trying to follow along. Can anyone recommend a good book for an interested beginner?


D.W. St. Claire's book is really good. It explains basics that a lot of other books don't. Check in the history on this site because he posts an ad for his book ever few months. You get a cool little software package with it too for simulating loops.

Curtis Keyes

Process Control Systems by Shinskey remains a classic IMHO.

One of the best books on control systems is the one by Graham Goodwin et al:

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fred.

I have an EE. And took a control class my senior. It covered buck boost converters and I didn't get a whole lot out of it I must admit.

crb,

I presume these people are not interested in switch-mode power supply design... (which is the context where terms like 'buck' and 'boost' are typically used)

U.

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Here is a short tutorial on the subject that a may jangle a few neurons:

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