OUCADS-interactive software for classical controls education

An interactive software package intended for use in conjunction with college classical control courses is presented. The package is menu based and has many of the organizational features of a modern hand-held calculator. Extensive graphical capabilities are included. Three common types of system representations are included, and the menus are organized around these representations. The menus are presented exhaustively, and a design example is worked by means of a step-by-step procedure. The author´s experience with the package is related, and future enhancements and modifications are outlined