Computers for Control

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Department of Control Engineering

Synopsis:

Subject is introduction to computer aided real-time measuring and control. Subject especially describe hardware area (HW) of computing techniques used as aid for real-time measure and control. e.g. structure, function and characteristics of computer systems, their modifications, control process instrumentation, peculiarity of real-time computer systems and professional computer control means for control of technological plants.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Computer as control mean. Multilevel computer organization, virtual computer

2. Conventional machine level. Computer structure and organization, transfer of information

3. CPU and memory subsystems. Computer architecture modification - SIMD, MIMD etc.

4. I/O computer subsystem, peripheral devices, standard I/O bus

5. Interrupt system, structure, application. Real-time systems

6. Microprogram machine level. Microprogramming

7. Operating system machine level, multilevel machines

8. Computer system, technical and organization means

9. Processor and computer networks. Nets topology, characteristics, application

10. Microprocessors. Family iAPX x86, structure, characteristics

11. Microprocessors. Family M68xxx, structure, characteristics

12. Microprocessors for embedded applications

13. Process instrumentation, data acquisition and processing systems

14. Professional means of computer control

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction, labs program, safety

2. PC characteristics. Model description, task specification

3. 8086/80286 instruction set

4. Assembler MASM. Directives. Programming on PC

5. Simple tasks programming

6. Test. BIOS services and DOS kernel

7. Task solving - part 1

8. Program preparation - part 2

9. Task solving - part 2

10. Program preparation - part 3

11. Task solving - part 3

12. Program preparation - part 4

13. Task solving - part 4

14. Assessment

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Study materials:

[1] Messmer, H.P.: The indispensable PC hardware book,

Addison-Wesley 1993

[2] Tanenbaum, A.R.: Structured Computer Organisation. Prentice Hall, NY

1978

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Further information:

No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans: