16.3 DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS 809
−
Prefilter
s
−
Rate gyro
A/D
converter
Positiontransducer
Positioncommand (a)
θ
Position
θ
D/A
converter
Airframedynamics
1
Digitalcontroller
−
+
Prefilter
s
−
+
Rate gyro
Hold
A/D Hold
converter Positiontransducer
T^2
sampler
T^1
sampler
Positioncommand (b)
θ
Position
θ
D/A
converter
Airframedynamics
1
Digitalcontroller
Figure 16.3.4
(a)
Single-axis autopilot control system with digital data.
(b)
Single-axis digital autopilot control system with multirate
sampling.