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Summary: A great book for practicing engineers!
Review: George Ellis does a great job of bridging the gap between academia and industy in Control System Design Guide 2nd Edition. This book gives the practicing engineer the information necessary to put into practice much of the theory that he/she learned in the university. The book primarily focuses on motion control and modeling of motion systems. If you are working on a control system and would like to make sure you get the performance you need, you should buy this book.
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Summary: A great book for practicing engineers!
Review: George Ellis does a great job of bridging the gap between academia and industy in Control System Design Guide 2nd Edition. This book gives the practicing engineer the information necessary to put into practice much of the theory that he/she learned in the university. The book primarily focuses on motion control and modeling of motion systems. If you are working on a control system and would like to make sure you get the performance you need, you should buy this book.
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Summary: Control System Design Tapestry
Review: I attended a seminar given by the author in May 2000 and was given an early copy of this book. Without question, the book should be owned by anyone involved with feedback control systems. While solidly grounded in theory, the content of the book stresses the practical side of control systems. The subject matter is primarily directed towards motion control but the majority of the book would be useful to those involved with process control or other control loops.The book is well organized and clearly written. You are never left wondering what the author was trying to convey. Most importantly, the book delineates control systems as they are actually implemented today. The book stresses the different types of PID control loops that are used, why and when they are used and how to tune them in detail. Command feedforward and disturbance responce is covered as an integral part of the control loops, subjects that are critically important to modern control systems but are often ignored in other control textbooks. There are two chapters on non-linearities and loop resonance's, what they are and how to deal with them including limitations to the fixes. Some new, practical, cutting edge control enhancements are also discussed. The book uses a Windows based modeling program to simulate how real control systems work. If you can point and click, you can use this simulator. Although this program is called a learning tool, I'm certain it will be used to simulate real systems. This book, in my opinion, is a tour de force work for control system design, implementation and tuning.
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Summary: Control System Design Tapestry
Review: I attended a seminar given by the author in May 2000 and was given an early copy of this book. Without question, the book should be owned by anyone involved with feedback control systems. While solidly grounded in theory, the content of the book stresses the practical side of control systems. The subject matter is primarily directed towards motion control but the majority of the book would be useful to those involved with process control or other control loops. The book is well organized and clearly written. You are never left wondering what the author was trying to convey. Most importantly, the book delineates control systems as they are actually implemented today. The book stresses the different types of PID control loops that are used, why and when they are used and how to tune them in detail. Command feedforward and disturbance responce is covered as an integral part of the control loops, subjects that are critically important to modern control systems but are often ignored in other control textbooks. There are two chapters on non-linearities and loop resonance's, what they are and how to deal with them including limitations to the fixes. Some new, practical, cutting edge control enhancements are also discussed. The book uses a Windows based modeling program to simulate how real control systems work. If you can point and click, you can use this simulator. Although this program is called a learning tool, I'm certain it will be used to simulate real systems. This book, in my opinion, is a tour de force work for control system design, implementation and tuning.
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Summary: The most useful book available on control theory
Review: I have a whole shelf of control theory books, and this one is the one I use most. Ellis is one of the few people writing on control theory who actually designs working industrial control systems for a living. All the usual theory is in there: Laplace transforms, Z-transforms, and the S-plane. But this author has a much clearer idea about what actually works in the real world than most control theorists.
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Summary: The most useful book available on control theory
Review: I have a whole shelf of control theory books, and this one is the one I use most. Ellis is one of the few people writing on control theory who actually designs working industrial control systems for a living. All the usual theory is in there: Laplace transforms, Z-transforms, and the S-plane. But this author has a much clearer idea about what actually works in the real world than most control theorists.
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Summary: Best resource for practical servo control knowledge!
Review: I really wish I had a book like this when I got my first taste of real world reality. Would have made the school of hard knocks far easier and less wasted hours trying to figure out what was wrong. I recommend this book for anyone interested in controls, be you recent school graduate or experienced control guru. You will learn something new from this well packaged, highly informative book.
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Summary: Best resource for practical servo control knowledge!
Review: I really wish I had a book like this when I got my first taste of real world reality. Would have made the school of hard knocks far easier and less wasted hours trying to figure out what was wrong. I recommend this book for anyone interested in controls, be you recent school graduate or experienced control guru. You will learn something new from this well packaged, highly informative book.
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Summary: New edition available
Review: Please note that a new edition of this book was published in May 2000 and is also available on this website. The book has been greatly expanded and is receiving great reviews. The book is still entitled Control System Design Guide 2nd edition.
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Summary: Best book on modern control systems
Review: This book is a great guide to problems and solutions for modern control systems. Many text will have page after page of formulas with little link to the real world of control system design. Mr. Ellis provides answers to the problems faced by todays engineers.
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