The following handouts are courtesy of Prof. Joel Dawson and are used with permission. No handouts are available for R21 or R22; these recitations were given by the teaching assistants.
Recitation files.
| SES # |
Topics |
| R1 |
Closed loop vs. open loop systems (PDF) |
| R2 |
Block diagrams and physical modeling (PDF) |
| R3 |
Block diagrams (cont.) (PDF) |
| R4 |
Complex variables and the s-plane (PDF) |
| R5 |
Op-amp circuits and analog computers (PDF) |
| R6 |
Steady-state errors (PDF) |
| R7 |
Root locus (PDF) |
| R8 |
Root locus (cont.) (PDF) |
| R9 |
Introduction to the Nyquist criterion (PDF) |
| R10 |
Nyquist stability (PDF) |
| R11 |
Phase-locked loops (PDF) |
| R12 |
Phase-locked loops II (PDF) |
| R13 |
Our analytical toolbox (PDF) |
| R14 |
Bode obstacle course (PDF) |
| R15 |
More Bode obstacle course and compensation (PDF) |
| R16 |
Compensation (PDF) |
| R17 |
Black's formula revisited and lead compensation (PDF) |
| R18 |
Minor loop feedback (PDF) |
| R19 |
Minor loop in an op-amp (PDF) |
| R20 |
Minor loop in an op-amp (cont.) (PDF) |
| R21 |
Block diagrams from circuits |
| R22 |
Return ratio |
| R23 |
Time delays (PDF) |
| R24 |
Describing functions (PDF) |
| R25 |
Feedback systems (PDF) |
| R26 |
Final recitation and review (PDF) |