A web-based tool for control engineering teaching

In this article a new tool for control engineering teaching is presented. The tool was implemented using Java applets and is freely accessible through Web. It allows the analysis and simulation of linear control systems and was created to complement the theoretical lectures in basic control engineering courses. The article is not only centered in the description of the tool but also in the methodology to use it and its evaluation in an electrical engineering degree. Two practical problems are included in the manuscript to illustrate the use of the main functions implemented. The developed web‐based tool can be accessed through the link http://www.controlweb.cyc.ull.es. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 14: 178–187, 2006; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/cae.20080