Digital controllers are part of nearly all modern personal‎,‎ industrial‎,‎ and transportation systems‎.‎ Every senior or graduate student of electrical‎,‎ chemical or mechanical engineering should therefore be familiar with the basic theory of digital controllers‎.‎ This new text covers the fundamental principles and applications of digital control engineering‎,‎ with emphasis on engineering design‎.‎ Fadali and Visioli cover analysis and design of digitally controlled systems and describe applications of digital controls in a wide range of fields‎.‎ With worked examples and Matlab applications in every chapter and many end‎-of‎-chapter assignments‎,‎ this text provides both theory and practice for those coming to digital control engineering for the first time‎,‎ whether as a student or practicing engineer‎.‎Extensive Use of computational tools‎:‎ Matlab sections at end of each chapter show how to implement concepts from the chapter‎.‎ Frees the student from the drudgery of mundane calculations and allows him to consider more subtle aspects of control system analysis and design‎.‎ An engineering approach to digital controls‎:‎ emphasis throughout the book is on design of control systems‎.‎ Mathematics is used to help explain concepts‎,‎ but throughout the text discussion is tied to design and implementation‎.‎ For example coverage of analog controls in chapter 5 is not simply a review‎,‎ but is used to show how analog control systems map to digital control systems‎.‎Review of Background Material‎:‎ contains review material to aid understanding of digital control analysis and design‎.‎ Examples include discussion of discrete‎-time systems in time domain and frequency domain ‎(‎reviewed from linear systems course‎)‎ and root locus design in s‎-domain and z‎-domain ‎(‎reviewed from feedback control course‎)‎‎.‎ Inclusion of Advanced Topics In addition to the basic topics required for a one semester senior/graduate class‎,‎ the text includes some advanced material to make it suitable for an introductory graduate level class or for two quarters at the senior/graduate level‎.‎Examples of optional topics are state‎-space methods‎,‎ which may receive brief coverage in a one semester course‎,‎ and nonlinear discrete‎-time systems‎.‎ Minimal Mathematics Prerequisites The mathematics background required for understanding most of the book is based on what can be reasonably expected from the average electrical‎,‎ chemical or mechanical engineering senior‎.‎ This background includes three semesters of calculus‎,‎ differential equations and basic linear algebra‎.‎ Some texts on digital control require more mathematical maturity and are therefore beyond the reach of the typical senior‎.‎