Course Description
Introduction to Industrial Automation – Sensors and Actuators – Introduction to switching theory, switching algebra and design of switching systems -Electrical automation: elements and systems -Pneumatic automation: valves, pneumatic circuits design -Electropneumatic automation: sequence charts, ladder diagrams, analysis and synthesis of circuits- Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC): programming and applications, fuzzy logic based PLC – Communication of sensors and actuators with computers, A/D, D/A, Applications to Industrial Automation – Design of Industrial Automation Systems.
Lab exercises: automation design with electric, pneumatic and PLC
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