Nonlinear controlNonlinear control theory is the area of control theory which deals with systems that are nonlinear, time-variant, or both. Control theory is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and mathematics that is concerned with the behavior of dynamical systems with inputs, and how to modify the output by changes in the input using feedback, feedforward, or signal filtering. The system to be controlled is called the "plant".
Open-loop gainThe open-loop gain of an electronic amplifier is the gain obtained when no overall feedback is used in the circuit. The open-loop gain of many electronic amplifiers is exceedingly high (by design) – an ideal operational amplifier (op-amp) has infinite open-loop gain. Typically an op-amp may have a maximal open-loop gain of around , or 100 dB. An op-amp with a large open-loop gain offers high precision when used as an inverting amplifier.
Système numérique de contrôle-commandevignette|Deux racks de CS3000, un SNCC de Yokogawa. De droite à gauche, dans le rack supérieur : une alimentation, une CPU, une carte bus pour communiquer avec l'autre rack, des cartes d'entrées-sorties ; dans le rack inférieur : idem sauf la CPU. On peut remarquer que la CPU est connectée à deux câbles Ethernet redondants pour communiquer avec d'autres CPU et des PC de supervision. Un système numérique de contrôle-commande (SNCC, ou DCS pour distributed control system en anglais) est un système de contrôle d'un procédé industriel doté d'une interface homme-machine pour la supervision et d'un réseau de communication numérique.
Plant (control theory)A plant in control theory is the combination of process and actuator. A plant is often referred to with a transfer function (commonly in the s-domain) which indicates the relation between an input signal and the output signal of a system without feedback, commonly determined by physical properties of the system. An example would be an actuator with its transfer of the input of the actuator to its physical displacement.
Contrôle en boucle ferméeEn régulation, un contrôle en boucle fermée est une forme de contrôle d'un système qui intègre la réaction de ce système (appelée rétroaction ou en anglais, ). Un exemple est un régulateur de vitesse présent sur les automobiles. L'opposé du contrôle en boucle fermée est le contrôle en boucle ouverte, qui ne prend pas en compte de rétroaction. Voici un exemple général présentant la fonction de transfert d'un système en boucle fermée. Asservissement (automatique) Régulateur PID Critère de Nyquist Catégorie:A
Automate programmable industrielvignette|Deux automates programmables industriels & leurs périphériques, montés en volant, pour test et analyse. Un automate programmable industriel, ou API (en anglais programmable logic controller, PLC), est un dispositif électronique numérique programmable destiné à la commande de processus industriels par un traitement séquentiel. Il envoie des ordres vers les préactionneurs (partie opérative ou PO côté actionneur) à partir de données d’entrées (capteurs) (partie commande ou PC côté capteur), de consignes et d’un programme informatique.
GameCube controllerThe GameCube controller is the standard game controller for the GameCube home video game console, manufactured by Nintendo and launched in 2001. As the successor to the Nintendo 64 controller, it is the progression of Nintendo's controller design in numerous ways. The contentious M-shaped design of its predecessor was replaced with a more conventional handlebar style controller shape; a second analog stick was added, replacing the C buttons with a C stick and the X and Y face buttons, last seen on the Super Nintendo controller, were reintroduced; the shoulder buttons were changed to hybrid analog triggers.
Loop gainIn electronics and control system theory, loop gain is the sum of the gain, expressed as a ratio or in decibels, around a feedback loop. Feedback loops are widely used in electronics in amplifiers and oscillators, and more generally in both electronic and nonelectronic industrial control systems to control industrial plant and equipment. The concept is also used in biology. In a feedback loop, the output of a device, process or plant is sampled and applied to alter the input, to better control the output.
Root locus analysisIn control theory and stability theory, root locus analysis is a graphical method for examining how the roots of a system change with variation of a certain system parameter, commonly a gain within a feedback system. This is a technique used as a stability criterion in the field of classical control theory developed by Walter R. Evans which can determine stability of the system. The root locus plots the poles of the closed loop transfer function in the complex s-plane as a function of a gain parameter (see pole–zero plot).
Contrôleur de jeuUn contrôleur de jeu est un appareil qui permet de contrôler un ou plusieurs éléments d'un jeu vidéo. D'un point de vue informatique, il s'agit donc d'un périphérique d'entrée. Habituellement, ces contrôleurs de jeu sont reliés à une console de jeux vidéo ou à un ordinateur personnel et il s'agit de l'un des matériels suivants : clavier, souris, manette, joystick, paddle, ou encore tout autre appareil conçu pour le jeu et capable de recevoir des instructions.
Control loopA control loop is the fundamental building block of control systems in general industrial control systems and industrial control systems in particular. It consists of the process sensor, the controller function, and the final control element (FCE) which controls the process necessary to automatically adjust the value of a measured process variable (PV) to equal the value of a desired set-point (SP). There are two common classes of control loop: open loop and closed loop.
Perceptual control theoryPerceptual control theory (PCT) is a model of behavior based on the properties of negative feedback control loops. A control loop maintains a sensed variable at or near a reference value by means of the effects of its outputs upon that variable, as mediated by physical properties of the environment. In engineering control theory, reference values are set by a user outside the system. An example is a thermostat. In a living organism, reference values for controlled perceptual variables are endogenously maintained.