Related Documentation (Control Design and Simulation Module)

The following documents contain information that you might find helpful as you use the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module.

• Getting Started with LabVIEW—This manual contains an in-depth introduction to LabVIEW, including several tutorials that showcase LabVIEW features.
• LabVIEW Fundamentals—This manual provides information about LabVIEW programming concepts, techniques, features, VIs, and functions you can use to create many types of applications.
• LabVIEW Control Design User Manual—This manual contains information about using LabVIEW to design, analyze, and deploy controllers for dynamic systems.
• Getting Started with the LabVIEW Real-Time Module—This manual introduces the concepts necessary to create real-time simulations.
• Real-Time Execution Trace Toolkit documentation.
• NI-CAN Hardware and Software Manual
• NI-DAQmx Help
• LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module Readme—Use this file to learn important last-minute information, including installation and upgrade issues, compatibility issues, changes from the previous version, and known issues with the Control Design and Simulation Module. Open this readme by selecting Start»All Programs»National Instruments»LabVIEW»Readme and opening readme_ControlandSim.html or by navigating to the labview\readme directory and opening readme_ControlandSim.html.
• LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module example VIs—Refer to the labview\examples\Control and Simulation directory for example VIs that demonstrate common tasks using the Control Design and Simulation Module. You also can access these VIs by selecting Help»Find Examples and selecting Toolkits and Modules»Control and Simulation in the NI Example Finder window.
• Additional LabVIEW documentation.

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Note  The following resources offer useful background information on the general concepts discussed in this documentation. These resources are provided for general informational purposes only and are not affiliated, sponsored, or endorsed by National Instruments. The content of these resources is not a representation of, may not correspond to, and does not imply current or future functionality in the Control Design and Simulation Module or any other National Instruments product.

• Åström, K., and T. Hagglund. 1995. PID controllers: theory, design, and tuning. 2d ed. ISA.
• Balbis, Luisella. 2006. Predictive control tool kit. UKACC control, 2006. Mini symposia: 87–96.
• Bertsekas, Dimitri P. 1999. Nonlinear Programming. 2d ed. Belmont, MA: Athena Scientific.
• Dorf, R. C., and R. H. Bishop. 2001. Modern control systems. 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Franklin, G. F., J. D. Powell, and A. Emami-Naeini. 2002. Feedback control of dynamic systems. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Franklin, G. F., J. D. Powell, and M. L. Workman. 1998. Digital control of dynamic systems. 3d ed. Menlo Park, CA: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.
• Kuo, Benjamin C. 1992. Digital Control Systems. 2d ed. Ft. Worth: Saunders College.
• Nise, Norman S. 2000. Control systems engineering. 3d ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Ogata, Katsuhiko. 1995. Discrete-time control systems. 2d ed. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
• Ogata, Katsuhiko. 2001. Modern control engineering. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
• Zhou, Kemin, and John C. Doyle. 1998. Essentials of robust control. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

The following books contain information about the ordinary differential equation (ODE) solvers the Control Design and Simulation Module uses.

• Ascher, U. M., and L. R. Petzold. 1998. Computer methods for ordinary differential equations and differential-algebraic equations. Philadelphia: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
• Shampine, Lawrence F. 1994. Numerical solution of ordinary differential equations. New York: Chapman & Hall, Inc.