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This page collects some notes on a control systems library for Python.  The plan is to create an alternative to the MATLAB Control System Toolbox™ that can be used in courses and for research.  This page collects information about the toolbox, in preparation for actually writing some code.  If you stumble across this page and know of a similar package or would like to contribute, let me know.
{{warning|The information on this page is out of date.  The most up-to-date information about python-control is available in the documentation that is distributed with the package.


== Architecture notes ==
'''[http://sourceforge.net/p/python-control/wiki/Home/ python-control home on SourceForge]'''


I'm trying to sort out the best object structure to use for control system objects.  There is already an LTI class in the signal processing module of SciPY, so I might be able to build on that (and hence get those systems for free).  Ideally, I'd like to allow for time delay in the linear systems representation, since these come up a lot in my group's research.
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Here's some rough thoughts on a possible object structure:
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* '''InputOutputSystem''' - dynamical system with inputs and outputs.  Could be linear or nonlinear, discrete or continuous time (?), include infinite dimensional systems (time-delays, perhaps some classes of PDEs?).  Should be compatible, if possible, with the ODE integrators that are part of SciPy (so that I can use that for simulating systems).
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** '''StateSpaceSystem''' - state space representation of an input/output system
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*** '''LinearStateSpaceSystem''' - linear system in state space form (ideally with time-delays)
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** '''TransferFunction''' - frequency domain representation of an input/output system


== Installation instructions ==
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==== Announcements ====
* The python-control user documentation has been shifted from SourceForge to MurrayWiki at Caltech.  Developer documentation remains on [http://python-control.sf.net SourceForge].
* Version 0.5a has been released: [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27912588 release notes], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/python-control/files/ file download]
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The Python Control Systems Library, python-control, is a python package that implements basic operations for analysis and design of feedback control systems.
* [http://python-control.sourceforge.net/manual User manual] - Sphinx documentation for the python-control package
* [[http:sourceforge.net/p/python-control/wiki/Download/|Download]] - download and install the latest release of the package
* [[python-control/Example: Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft|Example: Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft]] - demonstration of package capabilities
* [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/python-control-announce Announcements mailing list] - sign up to receive announcements about python-control
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* [https://sourceforge.net/projects/python-control/ Project description page] - summary of all project information (SourceForge)


I'm using the [http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ IPython] environment, with [http://scipy.org SciPy] extensions for scientific computing plus the [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ matplotlib] extensions (which enables MATLAB-like plotting).  I am doing all of my playing on OS X, using fink.
=== Project Overview ===


Here's what I had to do to get the basic setup that I am using.
The python-control package is a set of python classes and functions that implement common operations for the analysis and design of feedback control systems.  The initial goal is to implement all of the functionality required to work through the examples in the textbook ''[http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/amwiki Feedback Systems]'' by &Aring;str&ouml;m and Murray.  A MATLAB compatibility package (control.matlab) is available that provides functions corresponding to the commands available in the MATLAB Control Systems Toolbox.
# Install SciPy - I did this using fink.  Have to use the main/unstable tree.
# Install matplotlib - Need this for plotting
# Install ipython - interactive python interface


Small snipped of code for testing if everything is installed
Here are some of the basic functions that are (or will be) available in the package:
import from scipy *
* Linear input/output systems in state space and frequency domain (transfer functions)
import from matlibplot *
* Block diagram algebra: serial, parallel and feedback interconnections
a = zeros(1000)
* Time response: initial, step, impulse (using the scipy.signal package)
a[:100]=1
* Frequency response: Bode and Nyquist plots
b = fft(a)
* Control analysis: stability, reachability, observability, stability margins
plot(abs(b))
* Control design: eigenvalue placement, linear quadratic regulator
show()
* Estimator design: linear quadratic estimator (Kalman filter)
 
== Related documentation ==
 
=== Python documentation ===
* [http://www.scipy.org/ SciPy.org] - main web site for SciPy
** [http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ IPython] - enhanced shell for python
**  [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ matplotlib] - 2D plotting for python
* [http://www.pyrorobotics.org PyRo] - Python Robotics library (might be nice to be compatible with this

Latest revision as of 21:11, 31 May 2015

WARNING: The information on this page is out of date. The most up-to-date information about python-control is available in the documentation that is distributed with the package.

python-control home on SourceForge

Python Control Systems Library (python-control)


Announcements

  • The python-control user documentation has been shifted from SourceForge to MurrayWiki at Caltech. Developer documentation remains on SourceForge.
  • Version 0.5a has been released: release notes, file download

The Python Control Systems Library, python-control, is a python package that implements basic operations for analysis and design of feedback control systems.

Project Overview

The python-control package is a set of python classes and functions that implement common operations for the analysis and design of feedback control systems. The initial goal is to implement all of the functionality required to work through the examples in the textbook Feedback Systems by Åström and Murray. A MATLAB compatibility package (control.matlab) is available that provides functions corresponding to the commands available in the MATLAB Control Systems Toolbox.

Here are some of the basic functions that are (or will be) available in the package:

  • Linear input/output systems in state space and frequency domain (transfer functions)
  • Block diagram algebra: serial, parallel and feedback interconnections
  • Time response: initial, step, impulse (using the scipy.signal package)
  • Frequency response: Bode and Nyquist plots
  • Control analysis: stability, reachability, observability, stability margins
  • Control design: eigenvalue placement, linear quadratic regulator
  • Estimator design: linear quadratic estimator (Kalman filter)
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