We have 5 Control Systems courses on offer from Gannet today. This forms part of Gannet's Control Systems certification program. 

In the course of this certificate program you will achieve the following.

1. Analyze control requirements. Understands basics of IC Engines, Electric Vehicles and Diagnostics.

2. Design and implenent modelbased software in Matlab/Simulink environment. The student will autocode the software, flash it on to an ECU and test the control system they have developed.

3. Perform Software-in-Loop, Model-In-Loop (XIL) simulations on the PC with advanced Virtual Validation software.

4. The above process is repeated for different types of applications: ECUs and Display units, for EVs and IC Engines.

At the end of this course, the students:

1. become familiar with fundamentals of Automotive controls development as done by the industry
2. Gain familiarization with Modelbased Software design best practices
3. are given a brief overview of Automotive ECUs, Sensors and Actuators, wiring harnesses.
4. understand how to read ECU and sensor/actuator datasheets.
5. learn to analyze what kind of diagnostics are needed to make sure their controller does not damage the hardware components.
6. learn how to build software that is calibratable, testable, and fundamentals of version control.

Lab equipment: Oscilloscope, 2 or more multimeters, wires, soldering equipment, heat shrinks, wires, and other standard electronics equipment.

Raptor platform: Course is offered on the Raptor platform that can be purchased from Gannet. View the Raptor Training Kit.

Mathworks tools: this course requires the Mathworks toolchain for autocode generation. Every student is required to have access to Matlab/Simulink.

Contact us for help with setting up your controls lab!

Control Systems Engineering is really where it all comes together! As products have more complex, the electronics content in a modern vehicle, airplane, spacecraft, and industrial have risen exponentially. Consequently, it has become very important to augment domain skills in the application area with the capability to build and test complex controls algorithms.

However, as you will find in our courses, this is need not be purely mathematical or highly difficult to achieve. It has more to do with gaining insight into how the application works, how to analyze requirements, a certain level of comfort with the most common tools used, and most importantly, experience with solving problems on real hardware.

Closeloop control typically involves a Control Unit, Sensors, Actuators (that control outputs) and understanding of how to analyze the plant (system to control). This is really regardless of whether the plant to be controlled is an ABS system, the engine, landing gear of an aircraft or a methane reactor for an industrial fuel cell! 

In this certficate program we focus specifically on the Automotive domain area. Therefore students aspiring to work in or already working in the Automotive industry are likely to find the material most topical. However other industry professionals or students taking this program will also find plenty of common approaches and techniques.