Curriculum subject

Programmable Controllers

Subject
Subject code	MET319
Subject name	Programmable Controllers
Credit points	6 ECTS
Grading method	Exam
Subject program

Curriculum subject
Curriculum	2018 ET
Study year	3
Semester	Fall semester
Subject type	Optional

Subject loads
Lecture	32
Practice	32

General description
The working principle of the controller, block and electrical diagrams. Memory types and features. Input and output modules. Sensors and actuators. Analog, discrete and binarsignals. Quantization of signals. The definition of parameters and work conditions for the control process. Components and technical datas of the control system. The control program and its structure. Programming languages and software. Tuning of the controller’s data network. Troubleshooting and disposal.

General aim
To provide knowledge about the structure and operations of the controllers.Introduce data interfaces, programming languages and platforms.

Aim
The completion of the course gives an idea about the construction and operations of the controllers. Gives knowledge about different programming languages. The graduate possesses a variety of programming operations, is able to set up a control program, install components of the control system, configure the software, read from the controller, measure the parameters and identify and eliminate errors.

Form description
Lectures, tests, practical works.

Evaluation methods
The course ends with the final account. Positively executed test and practical work are the prerequisites of the accounting. Test consists written questions within the framework of the lecture material. The final grade will turn out from the average grades of the test and the practical work.

Current rounds
Programmable Controllers ET51/61