The manual covers the design, development of simulation models in the MATLAB-Simulink environment, configuration of control systems and computer experimental study of an asynchronous frequency-controlled electric drive for general industrial purposes. Structural diagrams of asynchronous electric drive systems with frequency scalar and vector control are presented, methods for calculating parameters and characteristics of elements of the power channel and the electric drive control system, a method for optimizing control loops and a program for studying electric drive systems, a package of electric drive models of typical production mechanisms in the MATLAB environment and a package of programs for calculating parameters and characteristics in the MATCAD environment are presented.