Course details
Industrial Automation
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Language of instruction
Completion
Time span
- 26 hrs lectures
- 39 hrs laboratories
Department
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
- Introduction into means of automation. Process instrumentation.
- Action members, DC and AC drives.
- Counters, timers, industrial controllers.
- Programmable logic controllers, basic properties, overview of PLCs, function. Software and programming languages of PLC. Hardware architecture of PLCs.
- Programming of PLC. IEC 1131-3 Standard and examples.
- Distributed control systems. Architecture of DCS, HW of the first control level, operator level, interface to supervisory systems.
- Introduction into LANs. Model ISO/OSI. Physical layer.
- Link layer. Synchronization, modulation, coding of signal.
- Higher layer of the model, function and services. Industrial communication buses. Model of serial industrial bus.
- Overview on industrial buses. Case solutions. Sensor bus.
- Examples of byte communication systems. Protocol CAN and DeviceNet.
- Foundation Fieldbus.
- Control by PC (Soft control).
Syllabus of laboratory exercises
- Introduction in laboratory. Organization, safety, requirements.
- Introduction into MMI SCADA. System InTouch. Basic functions.
- Extended functions of InTouch.
- Individual students task.
- Individual student work.
- Individual student work.
- CAN bus: laboratory.
- Communication on LonWorks technology.
- Communication with Profibus.
- Configuration and installation of AS-interface.
- Laboratory with Host link protocol.
- Laboratory with Modbus protocol.
- Evaluation.
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