Course Overview
The Department of Automatic Control wishes to welcome you to the basic control course for FIPi + TFRG95 given in study period 3, 2025. We will use Canvas to handle the contact between teachers and students, and the course schedule can be found on TimeEdit Links to an external site..
Although the language on Canvas is English, we will mainly use Swedish as the teaching language at the lectures, exercises, and laboratories. (It is ok to use English to communicate with us teachers if you prefer that.)
We appreciate all feedback that can result in improvements to the course. Over the past few years, we have made numerous changes (hopefully improvements) suggested by students. Here is how you can provide feedback:
- Contact us! We are happy to hear what you believe could be improved (and how). It is also good to know if you think something works well as it is, and therefore not should be changed. You can contact any of the teaching personnel. If you prefer to communicate feedback anonymously, communicate with one of the student representatives.
- Complete the CEQ evaluation. It is anonymous and you will be sent a link automatically toward the end of the course.
- Use the Discussions forum.
The formal syllabus of the course is available here Links to an external site. and CEQ-reports for the course can be found here Links to an external site..
What can I expect from the course?
This course will give you a solid introduction to Automatic Control. The course consists of a set of lectures (15), exercises(14), labs(3) and an examination(1). In addition to being available for hard copy purchase at the KFS campus book store, all written course material can be downloaded free of charge from the Course Material page. This is an overview of the content of the course Download overview of the content of the course.
Lectures
The lectures will be given in Swedish. Pre-recorded video lectures in Swedish are available on the corresponding lecture page. The lectures will be close to, but not 100% identical, to the prerecorded lectures. (The difference typically being some extra demonstration or examples.)
Exercises
Exercise sessions will be given on-campus, see the course schedule in TimeEdit Links to an external site. for time and place. Note that you can choose yourself which exercise session to follow (there are normally 5 exercise sessions to choose from every week).
Discussions
As an alternative or complement to the ordinary exercise sessions, you can use the Discussions section at Canvas for discussing exercises and other course content. You are encouraged to answer your classmates questions on the Discussions page.
Labs
The course contains three labs that will be conducted in Lab C on the second floor of the M-building, Ole Römers väg 1, see the corresponding page for more information on each lab. You will need to book times for your lab sessions ahead of time, and for lab sessions 2 and 3, you are expected to complete preparatory exercises. You must complete the preparatory exercises before attending your signup session (for lab2 and lab3). Someone from the teaching staff will then correct your hand-in at the start of the session. Print and bring the lab manual to the lab. It will be signed when you have passed the lab. It will act as your evidence that you have done the lab.
Persons who fail to show up to the lab without a valid reason, forget to sign up for the lab, or fail to complete the preparatory exercises ahead of time, will have to do the lab the next time the course is given. Fortunately, this is usually in the next study period.
| Lab | When | Signup | Responsible |
| 1 | week 2-3 | week 1 | Anton Åkerman |
| 2 | week 4-5 | week 3 | Jonas Hansson |
| 3 | week 6-7 | week 5 | Sebastiano Fregnan |
Exam
The exam will be conducted on-campus. Allowed help: Collection of Formulas + Calculator (but not preprogrammed with code for plotting of diagrams used in the course)+ "TEFYMA"