Fabrication techniques include prototyping, component and trace layout, circuit board etching and troubleshooting. The research project includes both oral and written technical reports. This course introduces ladder logic diagrams used in industrial applications to document power control networks. Discrete industrial devices are also studied including switches, contactors, relays, timers, motor starters and counters. In the laboratory, students will design, construct and troubleshoot ladder logic circuitry following safe working procedures and electrical codes.
Electrical motors are essential machines of business and industry.
The student will study the construction, operating characteristics and lab performance of AC and DC motors using appropriate instrumentation. Safe working procedures are stressed in the laboratory. This course introduces the application of solid state control devices and their integration into motor drives. Both DC and AC motor drives are studied in detail. Characteristics and parameters of several drive types are studied.