Modular Hardware Kits
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Appendix 1
Course: Modular Hardware Kits
Programme Summary
Major: 27.04.04 Automated Control
Degree: Master
Course units:
Section 1. Modular hardware kits.
- Unit 1. Key concepts. Building block design principles.
- Unit 2. General structure. Regulatory framework.
- Unit 3. The national system of instruments. Functionality of standard modules.
Section 2. Use of standard hardware in designing automation systems
- Unit 4. The use of standard control modules in designing automation systems.
- Unit 5. Generation of design documentation for an automation system
Section 3. Building integrated software & hardware systems.
- Unit 6. Standard elements, their purpose and functions.
- Unit 7. The mechanism of main types of data acquisition hardware.
- Unit 8. Normalizing transducers. Designing data signal generator systems.
- Unit 9. Data integrity. Data transmission and representation.
- Unit 10. Digital converters, their functionality and operation algorithms.
Section 4. Elements of a standard microprocessor system.
- Unit 11. Key elements, structure and functions. Types of data systems.
- Unit 12. Data transmission systems within modular hardware kits. Communication interfaces.
- Unit 13. Digital signal transmission. Error correction algorithms used in data systems.
Course contents:
This course teaches the operation principles and functionality of advanced microprocessor-based modular systems used for process control. The course covers the following: data acquisition and transmission systems and tools; the structure of microprocessor-based modular hardware kits and set-up and programming; the building block design of automation and management systems; the purpose, design and operation of modular hardware kits.
Activities:
- Teacher-led group activities in a classroom;
- Extracurricular self-study of the teacher’s assignments and tasks, including the use of educational facilities (obligatory);
- Office-hours.
Total hours – 504
Total points – 14
Laboratory activities – 72
Midterm assessment – Examination
