INDUSTRIAL MICROCOMPUTER SCIENCE AND AUTOMATION
cod. 14691

Academic year 2007/08
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Indefinito/interdisciplinare (NN)
Field
Altro
Type of training activity
More
32 hours
of face-to-face activities
4 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

The course aims to: <br />
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* Provide the basic terminology used in an industrial environment <br />
* Know the components used and the operating logic <br />
* Know the characteristics of a control system <br />
* Know the control applications and parameters <br />
* Be able to evaluate and choose architectures and components <br />
* Know the safety regulations and devices <br />
* Analyse some manufacturing plants and their operation

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />Introduction to automation <br />
Introduction to control problems <br />
Purpose of automatic control <br />
Examples of problems of controlling mechanical, electrical, <br />
thermal, chemical processes <br />
Performance of control systems (steady state and transient operation) <br />
Types and constituent elements of control <br />
systems, open loop, closed loop, <br />
compensation, controllers, transducers, actuators. <br />
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Temperature transducers (thermoresistances, thermocouples, <br />
thermistors, integrated transducers) <br />
Position transducers (potentiometers, encoder, other types) <br />
Speed transducers (tachogenerator, digital transducers) <br />
Level transducers Weight force transducers <br />
Pressure transducers <br />
Relative humidity transducers <br />
Light intensity transducers <br />
Flow rate transducers <br />
Proximity transducers (inductive, Hall effect) <br />
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Actuators <br />
Electromagnets <br />
Direct current motors <br />
Stepper motors <br />
Brushless motors <br />
Linear motors Asynchronous motors <br />
Pneumatic and hydraulic cylinders <br />
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Control electronics <br />
I/O interfaces <br />
A/D - D/A converters <br />
Hard-wired logic circuits <br />
Inverters <br />
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Microcontrollers <br />
Architecture <br />
Types and applications <br />
Use and programming <br />
Programming languages <br />
Operating systems <br />
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PLC <br />
Introduction to the PLC <br />
Difference between hard-wired logic and field-programmable logic array <br />
PLC characteristics <br />
PLC operation <br />
PLC structure <br />
Input/Output modules <br />
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PLC programming <br />
Programming devices <br />
Programming languages <br />
Programming techniques <br />
Normative references <br />
Criteria for choosing a PLC <br />
Installation and safety functions <br />
PLC interfacing <br />
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Networks <br />
Communication networks <br />
Field networks (Profibus, Asi, Devicenet) <br />
Supervisory networks (proprietary, standard) <br />
Ethernet network, Internet <br />
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Personal Computers in automation <br />
PC architecture <br />
Programming languages <br />
Operator interfaces <br />
Interfacing with automation <br />
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Supervision <br />
S.C.A.D.A. supervisory systems <br />
(Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) <br />
Process database <br />
Operator interface <br />
Alarm management <br />
Recipe management <br />
Trends and reports <br />
Historical reports <br />
Statistical process control <br />
Maintenance support <br />
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Examples of automation architecture <br />
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Visit to businesses of the sector 

Full programme

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Bibliography

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The presented slides are handed out during the course

Teaching methods

The oral test is preceded by a short written test in which the student must show that he/she has acquired the basic concepts of the course subject

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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