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Coming to class once a week is optional.  As long as I come take the tests that is OK.

It is OK to repeatedly walk in late to class, your instructor does not get annoyed and your classmates don’t get disrupted.

[B] Identify the blue blood vessel labeled BA. BE SPECIFIC [G] Identify the blue blood vessel labeled G. BE SPECIFIC

Selecting and tuning controller parameters so that the response meets transient and steady-state specifications is part of control-system _____.

A state-space model of an nth-order system consists of n simultaneous first-order differential equations.

Transfer-function models apply to linear, time-invariant systems with zero initial conditions.

The unit-step responses of two systems are compared below (System A – green (gradually becomes parallel to the blue line as time increases), System B – purple; the input is the blue line). System A has a slower transient response than System B.

A potentiometer (a variable resistor) can convert an angular position into a proportional voltage for use as an input transducer.

For the same two responses below (System A – green (gradually becomes parallel to the blue line as time increases), System B – purple): If eliminating steady-state error matters more than response speed, System A is the preferred design.

Because a sensor is present in the loop, noise entering the feedback path has no effect on the output of a closed-loop system.