from Inverted Pendulum by Khalil Sultan
A collection of MATLAB files, useful for analyzing inverted pendulum & designing controller for it.

trans_func_ip_uc.m
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
% trans_func_ip_uc.m
% Design and Development of Closed Loop Control for INVERTED PENDULUM
% By IIEE Visionaries
% Copyright 2003
% Open Loop & Closed Loop (Uncompensated) Transfer Function of the Inverted Pendulum System
%--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
%
%                 E(s)         U(s)             
%       Vpot --->O--->[ G2(s) ]--->[ G1(s) ]---+---> Theta (s)
%              - ^                             |                
%                |                             |            Theta = SYS * E
%                +----------[ H(s) ]<----------+
%                  V viper

% ip_data is a MAT File (MATLAB specific binary file), 
% with variables I, Kf, Km, Lp, M, b, g, l, m, r, tau  
load ip_data

Kp = 1 / ((M + m) * g);
K  = Kf * Kp * Km * r * (M + m);
Ap = sqrt ((M + m) * m * g * l / ((M + m)*(I + (m * (l ^ 2)))- ((m * l)^2)));

% G1(s) = Theta(s) / U(s)
%  represents a small angle from the vertical upward direction, 
% u represents the input (impulse) force on the cart by pulley chain mechanism.
num_Th_U = [0 0 Kp];
den_Th_U = [Ap^(-2) 0 -1];
Th_U = tf (num_Th_U, den_Th_U);

% G2(s) = U(s) / E(s)
% u represents the input force on the cart by the pulley chain mechanism, 
% e represents the input to the motor driving pulley-chain mechanism.
num_U_E = [((Km * (M + m))*r) 0];
den_U_E = [tau 1];
U_E = tf (num_U_E, den_U_E);

disp ' '
% G(s) = Theta(s) / E(s)
% Forward Transfer Function (Open Loop Without Feedback)
num_G = conv (num_U_E, num_Th_U);
den_G = conv (den_U_E, den_Th_U);
disp 'Forward Path Transfer Function of Inverted Pendulum System is:'
G = series (U_E, Th_U)

% H(s) (Feedback)
num_H = Kf;
den_H = 1;
H = tf (num_H, den_H);

% Closed Loop Transfer Function of Uncompensated System
% Gc(s) = G(s) / (1 + G(s) * H(s))
disp 'Closed Loop Transfer Function of Inverted Pendulum System is:'
Gc = feedback (G, H)

% GH(s)
% Open Loop Transfer Function
GH = series (G, H);

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