Course detail
Electrical Automatic Control Equipment
FSI-VEA Acad. year: 2018/2019 Summer semester
Fundamentals of electrical quantities measurement, data processing. Sensors fundamentals, selection, utilization and characteristics of sensors: temperature, proximity, position, velocity and acceleration; force, torque and mass. Selection, utilization, driving and control of actuators: electric heating and cooling, electric drives and piezo actuators. Selection of control systems, DAQ, signal conditioning, communication busses, SMART sensors and complex sensors systems.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
5
Supervisor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Students obtain overview and fundamental theoretical and practical knowledge about selection and utilization of sensors, actuators, control systems and communications busses for measurement and control application. Introduction to modern trends in control systems, sensors, actuators and DAQ.
Prerequisites
Theoretical knowledge about control, design of control systems and electronics fundamentals.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The course is taught through lectures explaining the basic principles and theory of the discipline. Teaching is suplemented by practical laboratory work.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Course credit award requirements: active participation in laboratories, elaboration and commit of laboratory reports. Examinations: written and oral, classified by ECTS.
Aims
Introduction to electric parts of measuring and control system with accent to sensors, actuators and control systems. Fundamentals o selection and utilization of particular sensors and actuators, fundamentals of control system selection for solved problem. Introduction to signal conditioning parts.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Attendance at lectures is recommended, attendance at seminars is monitored. Maximally two absence are compensated by individual missing laboratory reports working out.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B3S-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch B-AIŘ: Applied Computer Science and Control, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction to sensors
2. Digital system Inputs and outputs
3. Physical basis of sensors and actuators
4. Temperature sensors
5. Proximity, position and velocity sensors
6. Acceleration, angular rate, force, torque and mass sensors
7. Electric cooling and heating
8. Commutator electric machines
9. Synchronous and asynchronous electric machines
10. Piezoelectric actuators and SMART materials
11. Control systems
12. Communication busses and protocols
13. Sensors and actuators modeling