• ACE-Box is an open-access, portable tool kit enabling students and engineers to learn and apply automatic control engineering (ACE) without needing a full-scale laboratory.
• ACE-Box comes in the followoing two forms (the two boxes should be used together to create control systems involving actuators):

1. ACE-Box (Base and Sense): Focused on the fundamentals and also measurement
2. ACE-Box (Actuate): Focused on actuators

• It compactly packages all the required hardware, sensors and actuators so it can be set up on a desk or even at home.

ACE-CORE+

• The ACE-CORE+ provides a four-step learning methodology, with details given as follows:

1. Comprehend: Learn what makes up acontrol system, and how each component plays a role in achieving control.
2. Operate: Discover how to operate acontrol system, from understanding system requirements to testing and
   validation.
3. Refine: Discover the process of setting a control system up to achieve a set of requirements.
4. Engineer: Use mathematics to design control algorithms, from system requirements to testing and validation.
5. +: Use mathematics to design advanced control algorithms (i.e., adaptive and predictive), from system requirements to testing and validation.

Using ACE-Box and ACE-CORE+ will then enable you to move onto ACE-Apply (see below).