Preface

    What Is the Control System Toolbox?
    Installation
        Demos

    Using the Documentation
    Related Products
    Typographical Conventions

Building Models

    Linear Models
        Linear Model Representations
        SISO Example: the DC Motor
        Constructing SISO Models
        Discrete Time Systems
        Adding Delays to Linear Models
        LTI Objects

    MIMO Models
        MIMO Example: Jet Transport Aircraft
        Constructing MIMO Transfer Functions
        Accessing I/O Pairs in MIMO Systems

    Arrays of Linear Models
    Model Characteristics
    Interconnecting Linear Models
        Feedback Interconnection

    Continuous/Discrete Conversions
        Discrete DC Motor Model

    Model Order Reduction
        Example: Gasifier Model

Analyzing Models

    LTI Viewer
        Example: Time and Frequency Responses of the DC Motor
        Right-Click Menus
        Displaying Response Characteristics on a Plot
        Changing Plot Type
        Showing Multiple Response Types
        Comparing Multiple Models

    Functions for Time and Frequency Response
        Time and Frequency Responses
        Plotting MIMO Model Responses
        Data Markers
        Plotting and Comparing Multiple Systems
        Creating Custom Plots

    Simulink LTI Viewer
        Using the Simulink LTI Viewer
        Comparing Linear and Nonlinear Models
        Bode Plots of Linearized Models
        Specifying Operating Conditions

Designing Compensators

    The SISO Design Tool
        Opening the SISO Design Tool
        Importing Models into the SISO Design Tool
        Feedback Structure
        Loop Responses

    Bode Diagram Design
        Example: DC Motor
        Adjusting the Compensator Gain
        Right-Click Menus
        Adjusting the Bandwidth
        Adding an Integrator
        Adding a Lead Network
        Moving Compensator Poles and Zeros
        Changing Units on a Plot
        Adding a Notch Filter
        Adding a Prefilter

    Root Locus Design
        Example: Electrohydraulic Servomechanism
        Changing the Compensator Gain
        Adding Poles and Zeros to the Compensator
        Editing Compensator Pole and Zero Locations
        Viewing Damping Ratios
        Exporting the Compensator and Models
        Storing and Retrieving Intermediate Designs

    Nichols Plot Design
        DC Motor Example
        Opening a Nichols Plot
        Adjusting the Compensator Gain
        Adding an Integrator
        Adding a Lead Network

    Functions For Compensator Design
        Root Locus Design
        Pole Placement
        Linear-Quadratic-Gaussian (LQG) Design
        Example: LQG Design
        Example: LQG Design for Set Point Tracking

Learning More

    Demos
    Online Help
    Setting Plot Preferences and Properties
    The MathWorks Online