Integrated Design Patterns for Control System Analysis and Synthesis

A control system is a device that regulates a system´s performance over time to provide a desired output based on an input. Designing such a system can be a tedious and difficult process due to the complex nature of control and its interdependencies. This paper presents an innovative approach to integrate several system design patterns into a software package that can generate multiple designed results based on the system performance specifications provided by a front-end user. The purpose of developing the software package is to allow a wider range of users from various engineering fields to apply control theories into their practical system designs, such as an autonomous ground vehicle system, a chemical processing system, a manufacturing or food production line. Especially, when the software design environment is working with a data acquisition board, it will be a powerful tool for real-time control system analysis and synthesis.