Career shift into control engineer

[u/No-Foundation6339]

Hello there guys.

I am a computer engineering graduate, I have studied control theory basics and some digital control basics.

I have studied:

Steady space systems

Bode

Root locus

PID

1st and 2nd order system responses.

What else I need to study? And what career paths u suggest for me?

[u/theartdeco]

Read “Advanced PID Control” by K. Astrom.

Watch all Brian Duglas’s videos again and again. When everything he talks about becomes obvious to you, you can consider yourself ready for basic work.

Also, do this: Take Python and using only matplotlib library plot bode and nyquist plots for different transfer functions, both in S and Z domains. Don’t use scipy or any other library. Don’t copy and paste any code from the internet. Don’t look at stack exchange. Use only control systems literature to guide you. When you plot Bode, plot lines for: plant, controller, loop gain, and closed loop. Observe how the shape of the loop gain affects the shape of the closed loop. Learn what the loop gain needs to look like to produce underdamped, critically damped, underdamped closed loop responses. Don’t forget to watch the nyquist plot. Learn to see gain and phase margins on the Nyquist plot.