Programme

Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Market standards for automation networks: information networks, control networks and field buses. Supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA). Structure of a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). Programming packages for Ladder Logic and SCADA systems. Sequential Functional Chart (SFC) and its translation into Ladder Logic. Control examples of simple plants. Graphic language programming for motion control. Remote monitoring using fieldbus and general purpose LAN. Sensors for industrial applications. Motion Control. Interprocess communications and distributed services. IT security and SCADA systems.

Core Documentation

W. Bolton, Programmable Logic Controllers, Fifth Edition, Newnes, 2009 ISBN 978-1-85617-751-1

Type of evaluation

oral exam project evaluation