Module Code - Title:
ET4305
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INSTRUMENTATION AND CONTROL 1
Year Last Offered:
2023/4
Hours Per Week:
Grading Type:
N
Prerequisite Modules:
Rationale and Purpose of the Module:
This module introduces students to the fundamental principles of practical control engineering, the use and specification of instrumentation for control and the application of technology and ICT to instrumentation and control systems and processes.
Syllabus:
Introduction to ET4305 and selected instrumentation programming language
Basic Electronic Principles: - Voltage, Current & Resistance.; Basic Electronic Circuits; Resistors, Capacitors & Inductors; Laws of Electronics; Types of Electronic Circuits; Time & Frequency Domains; Number Systems.
Introduction to Sensors, Actuators and Transducers.
Sensor Examples - Temperature Domain, Pressure Domain.
Operational Amplifiers - Introduction, Overview and Application Circuits.
Data Converters - Analog vs Digital Signals; Sampling et al.; Analog-Digital Converters; Digital-Analog Converters.
Filters & Bode Plots - Low-Pass, High-Pass, Band-Pass and Band-Stop Filters. System performance characterisation using Bode Plots.
Introduction to Control and Feedback Systems.
Types of Control - PID, Adaptive, Optimal, Hybrid, Reactive, Behavioural, etc.
Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) Control.
PID Controller Tuning.
Learning Outcomes:
Cognitive (Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, Synthesis)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: -
1. Describe and demonstrate the ideal and practical behavioural characteristics of simple control systems.
2. Design and implement instrumentation tasks using analogue/digital technologies.
3. Design and implement simple instrumentation/control systems using computer based tools such as LabVIEW.
4. Illustrate the concepts of instrumentation and control systems with reference to real A/D and D/A circuits.
Affective (Attitudes and Values)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: -
5. Cooperates and engages in interdisciplinary group projects.
6. Demonstrate the importance of familiarity with industry standard tools, such as LabVIEW.
Psychomotor (Physical Skills)
On successful completion of this module, students will be able to: -
7. demonstrate improved lab skills by developing/prototyping more complex instrumentation systems.
How the Module will be Taught and what will be the Learning Experiences of the Students:
The module focuses on a practical implementation and application of the learning and underlying theoretical concepts. Topics will be brought together through a series of multi-week interdisciplinary projects and labwork throughout the semester.
Research Findings Incorporated in to the Syllabus (If Relevant):
Prime Texts:
Dorf, R. C., Bishop, R. H. (2021)
Modern Control Systems - Fourteenth Edition
, Addison Wesley
Gene F. Franklin, J. David Powell, Abbas Emami-Naeini (2020)
Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, Global Edition 8th Edition
, Addison Wesley
Kuphaldt, T.R (2017)
Lessons In Industrial Instrumentation
, Samurai Media Limited
Other Relevant Texts:
Programme(s) in which this Module is Offered:
BEECENUFA - ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
SABRUL1S - STUDY ABROAD TO UL 1 SEMESTER
BSAPPHUFA - APPLIED PHYSICS
Semester(s) Module is Offered:
Autumn
Module Leader:
Michael.Johnson@ul.ie