1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Automatics
3. winter term 2022/2023
4. Electrical Engineering - First-cycle Erasmus programme
5. Sensors and PLC controllers

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Sensors and PLC controllers - course description

Aim of the course

• To provide knowledge about the principles of operation, construction and applications of measuring sensors of selected non-electrical quantities
• To provide knowledge about construction, principles of operation, and programming principles of PLC controllers.
• To provide knowledge about the principles of designing the hardware structure of measuring and control systems based on PLC controllers.

Prerequisites

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Fundamentals of electrical engineering, Fundamentals of electronics, Metrology

Scope

The place and role of sensors in modern systems and automated measuring systems. Basic parameters characterizing the metrological properties of sensors.

Introduction to measurements of non-electric quantities using electric methods. Classification and basic areas of application of sensors. Measuring sensor technologies. Intelligent sensors.

Sensors for measuring temperature, strength and mass as well as parameters of  movement describing.

Selected conditioning systems for cooperation with parametric and generation sensors.

Industrial PLCs for machines, technological processes PLC, PAC and IPC. Construction of PLCs, PACs and IPCs. PLC input and output systems designed to cooperation with sensors. Programming languages of PLCs and PACs. Siemens PLC LOGO!. PLCs i PACs from B&R.  Cooperation of PLCs and PACs with SCADA.

Teaching methods

• lecture: conventional/traditional lecture
• laboratory: work in the groups, practical excersises.
• project:  design method, discussions and presentations.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Lecture – the passing condition is to obtain a positive mark from the final test.

Laboratory – the passing condition is to obtain positive marks from all laboratory exercises to be planned during the semester.

Project – the passing condition is to obtain positive marks from all project tasks to be planned during the semester.

Calculation of the final grade: lecture 30% + laboratory 40% + project 30%. 

Recommended reading

1. Vetelino J., Reghu A.: Introduction to sensors. CRC Press, 2010

2. Pallas-Areny R., Webster J.G.: Sensors and signal conditioning. John Willey& Sons, Inc., 2001

3. Fraden J.: Handbook of modern sensors. Springer, 2010

4. Nawrocki W.: Measurement Systems and Sensors. Artech House Publishers, 2005

5. Pietrusiewicz K., Dworak P.: Programmable Automation Controllers PAC. Nakom, Poznań, 2007. (in Polish).

6. Kwaśniewski J.: Sterowniki PLC w praktyce inżynierskiej, Wydawnictwo BTC, 2014

7. Sałat R., Korpysz K., Obstawski P.: Wstęp do programowania sterowników PLC. WKŁ, Warszawa 2014

 

Further reading

1. Tumanski S.: Principles of electrical measurement. Taylor & Francis, 2006

2. Horowitz P., Hill W.: The art electronics. Cambridge University Press, 2017

3. Broler-Plater B.: Układy wykorzystujące sterowniki PLC Projektowanie algorytmów sterowania.

 

Notes

Modified by dr hab. inż. Paweł Szcześniak, prof. UZ (last modification: 06-04-2022 22:42)