Second Evaluation - week 8

So, here is my last post before the second evaluation. If you have been following my blog or the octave blog, you know that the purpose of this google summer of code project is to create an Interactive Tool for Single Input Single Output (SISO) Linear Control System Design. Also, well-known as sisotool in matlab control system desgin toolbox.

Since my last evaluation results on June 15th, it has passed 3 or 4 weeks, counting the evaluation week. In the meantime, I was able to code a significant work about Edit Controller Windows. It resulted in two posts. The first post was regarding the evaluation week as well as my mentors´ feedback and the actions I took from it, such as improving the coding comments, software documentation, and adding menu functionalities for all interfaces. Lastly, the second post was an introduction to the Edit Compensantor Dynamics, as you can go over in the following links:

• Edit Compensantor Dynamics.
• Back to Coding.

This last week I have continued working on Edit Compensantor Dynamics to which I added more functionlities. Now the user is able to:

• Adjust the gain of the controller by the edit box input;
• Change the location of the real zeros and poles;
• Change the location of the complex zeros and poles (imaginary part and real part);
• Change the damping and frequency of the complex zero and poles.

Here is a video where I explain how to install/run and use the sisotool:

The tool is already entirely suficient to desing a compensator. With the help of the adding/dragging fuctionlity, we can adjust the controller to the desired performance. Additionally, we can use the Edit Compensator Dynamics to enter with the desired point.