1. SylabUZ
2. Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Automatics
3. winter term 2022/2023
4. Computer Science - First-cycle Erasmus programme
5. Software for measurement and control equipment

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Software for measurement and control equipment - course description

Aim of the course

To provide knowledge about organization of measurement systems and measurement and control systems.

To provide knowledge about  structures, principles of work and properties of measurement system elements.

Forming the design skills of communication and visualization software for measurement systems and measurement and control systems

Prerequisites

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Principles of programming, computer networks,  Computer-aided design, Industrial computer networks

 

 

Scope

Measurement and control systems  - introduction. Classification of measuring systems. Structure and organization of measuring and control systems. Algorithm of measuring  system. Selection of programming language and computer aided design tools.

Data transmission standards in measuring systems. Definition and classification of the interface. Interfaces used in measuring systems. Serial interfaces: RS - 232, RS - 422, RS - 485, Serial interface programming. Parallel interface IEEE 488: principal tags of IEEE 488 standard, bus of the interface, state of work reporting. IEEE 488.2 standard. IEEE 488.2 controller programming and IEEE 488.2 driver functions. IO-Link interface.

Data acquisition systems. Classification and basic functional blocks of the data acquisition systems. Data acquisition systems programming, description of the software functions.

SCPI standard. SCPI device model, structure of commands, trigger system, status system. Profile of commands for example devices.

Software development environments for measuring and control systems programming.  Software development environments: LabWindows, LabView, Keysight Vee. VISA I/O library. Software drivers VXIplug&play. IVI drivers.

Virtual measurement instruments. The definition, structure and basic tags of virtual instruments. Virtual instruments programming. Examples of virtual instruments.

Programmable Automation Controllers (PAC). PAC in measuring and control systems as an example of B&R systems. Hardware and software architecture of PAC. Automation Studio - integrated software development environment. Process visualization in PAC.

Internet technologies in measurement and control systems. Embedded WWW servers. Hardware and software profiles of chosen embedded WWW servers. 

Teaching methods

Lecture, laboratory exercises.

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.

Recommended reading

1. Nawrocki W.: Measurement Systems and Sensors, Artech,  House, Norwood, 2005
2. Bentley J. P.: Principles of Measurement Systems,  Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, England, 2005.
3. Caristi A., J.: IEEE-488 General Purpose Instrumentation Bus Manual, Academic Press, INC., San Diego, California, 1992.
4. Johnson G.W., Jennings R.: LabView Graphical Programming, MacGraw-Hill, New York, 2006.
5. Khalid Shahid R.: LabWindows/CVI Programming for Beginners. Prentice Hall, 2000.
6. Pieper, John M.: Automatic measurement control : a tutorial on SCPI and IEEE 488.2. München : Rohde & Schwarz, 2007.

Further reading

Notes

Modified by dr inż. Leszek Furmankiewicz (last modification: 15-04-2022 10:32)