ELFT2500 Embedded Systems and Instrumentation Course description

The course deals with sensors, measurement techniques, and important elements of industrial automation. The course also is an introduction to programmable logic controller (PLC) programming.;

Passed Mathematics 2000 (all study programmes).

No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills, and general competence:;;

Knowledge

The student has knowledge of:

• systemisation and industrial instrumentation
• automation and IT layers at an industrial plant (Field, Control, Supervision, Planning, and Management);
• physical principles of different;instruments;;;

• principles of;data acquisition systems (data/signal conditioning, classification of instrumentation error, different calibration techniques);
• PLC systems: Components of PLC, Input/Output devices of PLC;
• principles of PLC programming;
• Industrial Internet of Things (IoT);;

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;;Skills

The student is capable of:;;

• setting up simple automation plan;;
• providing a solution for measurement of different variables in automation process;;

• providing solution to minimize the measurement errors;
• suggesting a PLC system with required I/O devices;
• programming basic PLC programs for automation tasks;

General competence

The student is capable of:;;

• setting up a general automation plan;
• setting up a basic data acquisition system;
• developing simple PLC programs;;

The teaching is organised as scheduled work sessions. During the work sessions, the students shall practise using the material with which they are presented. Exercises consist of group discussions, individual practice in solving assignments, formulating and solving problems and assessing their own and others’ assignments submitted for weekly assessment.

The students shall learn how to assess their own and others’ scholarly works and formulate assessments of them in such a way that the assessment can serve as advice on further studies. These practical exercises will take place in the scheduled part of the work sessions. Students will therefore carry out weekly assessments of exercises set for the week. Information about how the weekly assessment will take place will be given in the lectures.

The students are required to complete exercises between work sessions. The proposed exercises will be directly linked to the course goals. Self-assessment of answers will give students insight into whether they have achieved the goals.

There are no coursework requirements in this course.

Individual written exam, 3 hours

The exam result can be appealed.

In the event of a resit or rescheduled exam, an oral examination may be used instead. In case an oral exam is used, the examination result cannot be appealed.

All printed and written aids.

A handheld calculator that cannot be used for wireless communication or to perform symbolic calculations. If the calculator’s internal memory can store data, the memory must be deleted before the exam. Random checks may be carried out.

Grade scale A-F.

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.