Re: [python-control-discuss] Fwd: python-control update

[Roberto B. <rob...@su...>]

Please don't forget to implement a field to handle the sampling time for 
managing continous time and discrete time systems (for example Tsamp=0-> 
continous time system, Tsamp > 0 =Ts -> discrete time system)

Regards

Roberto


On Friday 17 December 2010 13:35:33 Richard Murray wrote:
> Steve, Kevin and Lauren sent me this update a while back, but it looks like
> my forward to the list didn't go through.  Sending again, so that I (and
> others) can respond to it.
> 
> -richard
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> > From: Steve Brunton <sbr...@Pr...>
> > Date: 8 December 2010 8:08:41 PST
> > To: Richard Murray <mu...@cd...>
> > Cc: Kevin Chen <kk...@Pr...>, Lauren Padilla
> > <lpa...@Pr...>, Steve Brunton <sbr...@Pr...>, Brandt
> > Belson <bb...@Pr...> Subject: python-control update
> > 
> > Hi Richard,
> > 
> > We wanted to give you an update on our work with python-control.
> > 
> > 1.  MIMO  -  The most important item is a new LTI base class to support
> > MIMO (and StateSpace and TransferFunction derived classes).  This is
> > discussed in the document lti_overhaul.pdf, and we have a skeleton of
> > the python code, skeleton.py.
> > 
> > 2.  Documentation  -  Python, NumPy, and SciPy use Sphinx to generate the
> > documentation found at their respective websites.  For purposes of
> > consistency, we will use the same.  An example is provided in html.zip
> > 
> > 3.  New Functions and Unit Tests  -  We have implemented the gram, rss, 
> > and hsvd functions.  We have also implemented unit tests for these
> > functions as well as ctrb and obsv using the Python unittest framework. 
> > Next we are planning on wrapping SLICOT routines to add balred and
> > modred functions.
> > 
> > 4.  SVN Merge  -  After getting your feedback, we would like to implement
> > the new MIMO Lti2 class.  Once we have all of the wrinkles ironed out,
> > we intend to make a merge back into the SVN repository.  Until then, we
> > are doing internal version control using Mercurial.
> > 
> > Thanks, and we look forward to getting your feedback.
> > 
> > Steve, Kevin, and Lauren

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