Control System Design : Getting Started with Arduino and MATLAB

The book is a primer for those starting to learn control system design. The content of the book is unique in the sense that control system design can be studied through practical experience by using an inexpensive control experimental kit based on recently popular open source Arduino hardware. By purchasing a low cost experimental kit and using the contents of this book, it is possible for the reader to actually create their own control target with electrical circuits and mechanical structure, and experience controlling it by using their own controllers. Contrary to most conventional theory books, which only explain theory and describe the process of implementing it on an embedded system, the basics of control theory and model-based development through real experience can be learned from this unique book.