Microcontroller Based Applied Digital Control

Microcontroller Based Applied Digital Control is a well written book. It shows how to design test and implement digital controllers. This book successfully bridges the gap between control theory and actual implementation. This book is very useful for any serious hobbyist, electrical or mechanical engineering student or practicing engineer who is interested in automatic controls.This book gives practical information on getting a controller to work as it was designed to do. Although software packages such as Lab view and Matlab have the capability to generate code for different microcontroller architectures, through experience the code often has to be `tweaked', augmented and in many cases re-written, furthermore those software packages are expensive for individuals or small design companies.The book demonstrates how to design controllers using pole placement, the book shows how to design Dead-Beat, Dahlin, Lead Lag, PI and PID controllers. The book also clearly illustrates how to tune the PID compensators using the Zeigler-Nichols algorithm. The book illustrates several ways designed controllers can be realized, as well as explaining the differences in the realizations, in terms of efficiency, accuracy and computation.Using this text, I have designed a servo system for a .5KW Solar Tracker, and I have also successfully designed a controller for an inverted pendulum.I have done an extensive literature survey on every book published in the last 12yrs, on embedded control and microcontroller based control and this book is the best book I have seen thus far.This is a EXCELLENT book I give it 5 Stars!!

An EXCELLENT BOOK - I GIVE 5 STARS WITH NO HESITATIONI have purchased this book for my undergraduate studies. It has helped enormously during my course and also in my graduation project.I must say this is the finest book in its field that I have come across. Whereas most books deal either purely with the complex mathematical control theory, or give examples of simple microcontroller based control projects, Dogan Ibrahim's book successfully combines control theory with microcontroller based control applications. Therefore, I think it is an excellent book for both students and practising engineers.In response to the comments made by a previous reviewer, one has to remember that the earlier chapters of the book are absolutely essential for the understanding of the theory and the principles of digital control. How can one design a digital control system without knowing the z-transform theory, or without knowing how to analyze the stability of a system? Only a hobbyist who feels out of his depth with the theory could be critical of the need to know the theory given in this book. I think the design of a microcontroller based control system becomes a lot easier once the theory is sufficiently understood.I have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending it to anyoneinterested in digital control and microcontrollers - especially chapter 9 onwards it is absolutely superb.Well worth the money. Full 5 stars to Dogan Ibrahim.