Implement proven design techniques for control systems without having to master any advanced mathematics. Using an effective step-by-step approach, this book presents a number of control system design techniques geared toward readers of all experience levels. Mathematical derivations are avoided, thus making the methods accessible to developers with no background in control system engineering. For the more advanced techniques, this book shows how to apply the best available software tools for control system design: MATLAB and its toolboxes. Based on two decades of practical experience, the author illustrates how to implement control systems in your resource-limited embedded systems. Using C or C++, you will learn to design and test control systems to ensure a high level of performance and robustness. The companion CD-ROM includes complete, reusable MATLAB routines for designing controllers and for generating efficient C/C++ controller source code, as well as numerous examples that can be quickly adapted to specific control problems. Book jacket.