Title :
An educational Java applet for linear systems
Author :
Lundberg, Kent H. ; Williams, Brian F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We describe an educational Web applet for students studying linear systems and feedback control. The applet allows students to manipulate a pole-zero diagram and immediately see the corresponding changes that occur in the Bode plot, Nyquist diagram, Nichols chart, and step response. The program is written in Java, so that it runs in any Web browser, and it is free software, distributed under the GNU General Public License.
Keywords :
Bode diagrams; Internet; Java; Nyquist diagrams; computer aided instruction; control engineering computing; control engineering education; feedback; linear systems; poles and zeros; public domain software; step response; Bode plot; Internet; Nichols chart; Nyquist diagram; computer aided instruction; control engineering computing; control engineering education; educational Java applet; educational Web applet; feedback control; free software; linear systems; pole-zero diagram; public domain software; Educational technology; Feedback control; Java; Licenses; Linear systems; Mice; Poles and zeros; Sun; Switches; Virtual machining;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2005. Proceedings of the 2005
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9098-9
Electronic_ISBN :
0743-1619
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2005.1470840
