Course details

Industrial Automation

IPPA Acad. year 2010/2011 Winter semester 6 credits

Current academic year

Guarantor

Zezulka František, prof. Ing., CSc.

Language of instruction

Czech

Completion

Credit+Examination

Time span

  • 26 hrs lectures
  • 39 hrs laboratories

Department

Department of Control and Instrumentation (UAMT)

Study literature

  • Zezulka, F.: Automatizační prostředky. Skriptum PC DIR, Brno, 2000.
  • Fruh, K.F. (Hrsg.): Handbuch der Prozessautomatisierung, Oldenbourg Verl. Munchen, 1997.
  • Considine, D.M.: Process/Industrial Instrumentation and Control handbook, 4th Ed. McGraw Hill, N.Y., 1993

Fundamental literature

  • Lendryová, L., Pavelek, M., Konečný, M.: Návrh procesních systémů. Programové systémy SCADA/MMI. Skriptum VŠB Ostrava, 1996.

Syllabus of lectures

  1. Introduction into means of automation. Process instrumentation.
  2. Action members, DC and AC drives.
  3. Counters, timers, industrial controllers.
  4. Programmable logic controllers, basic properties, overview of PLCs, function. Software and programming languages of PLC. Hardware architecture of PLCs.
  5. Programming of PLC. IEC 1131-3 Standard and examples.
  6. Distributed control systems. Architecture of DCS, HW of the first control level, operator level, interface to supervisory systems.
  7. Introduction into LANs. Model ISO/OSI. Physical layer.
  8. Link layer. Synchronization, modulation, coding of signal.
  9. Higher layer of the model, function and services. Industrial communication buses. Model of serial industrial bus.
  10. Overview on industrial buses. Case solutions. Sensor bus.
  11. Examples of byte communication systems. Protocol CAN and DeviceNet.
  12. Foundation Fieldbus.
  13. Control by PC (Soft control).

Syllabus of laboratory exercises

  1. Introduction in laboratory. Organization, safety, requirements.
  2. Introduction into MMI SCADA. System InTouch. Basic functions.
  3. Extended functions of InTouch.
  4. Individual students task.
  5. Individual student work.
  6. Individual student work.
  7. CAN bus: laboratory.
  8. Communication on LonWorks technology.
  9. Communication with Profibus.
  10. Configuration and installation of AS-interface.
  11. Laboratory with Host link protocol.
  12. Laboratory with Modbus protocol.
  13. Evaluation.

Course inclusion in study plans

  • Programme IT-BC-3, field BIT, any year of study, Elective
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