Control Systems

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Department of Control Engineering

Synopsis:

Subject Control Systems deal with control systems structure and their realisations. There are discussing basic principle of work of different basic parts of control systems. General point of view is completed with concrete industrial examples of mentioned blocks. Technical applications are connected especially with the machine tools field.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Basic structure of control systems. Control system development. Programmable controllers.

2. Blocks of program and data input, memory units, program control.

3. Input part of a control system, sensors, input converters, input signal processors.

4. Output part of a control system, output converters, power actuators, DC and AC motors.

5. Operational blocks of a control system.

6. Principles of real-time technology control, algorithmisation, regulator realisation.

7. Single-chip microcontrollers, signal processors, software PLCs.

8. Programmable arrays for control system design.

9. Hierarchical control system structures, visualisation, operator panels, manager level.

10. Application design in a visualisation environment, data transfer using computer network.

11. Batch and technological recipes processing. Internet visualisation.

12. Security concerns of remote visualisation and remote control.

13. Reliability of control systems. Creation of reliablity models.

14. Methods of control systems reliability increasing.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Introduction to PLC programming - inputs/outputs.

2. Counters, timers.

3. Functions, function blocks.

4. Asynchronous events (interrupts), diagnostics.

5. Project assessment, laboratory models control using combinational logical network on a PLC.

6. Extending the laboratory models control system with time dependencies.

7. Structured programming using PLC.

8. Features of a visualisation environment.

9. Visualisation windows creation.

10. Connecting variables with individual window objects.

11. Object animation dependent on variable changes.

12. Data transfer among individual workstations via a computer network.

13. Remote visualisation of a controlled laboratory model via Internet.

14. Remote control of a laboratory model via Internet.

Study Objective:

Study materials:

1. Benett, S.: Real-Time Computer Control. Prentice-Hall, London 1988

2. Krishnamurthy, E.V.: Parallel Processing. Addision-Wesley Publishers Ltd., London 1989

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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:

• Cybernetics and Measurements - Control Engineering- structured studies (compulsory course)