The study of basic bus structures relating to industrial control systems will be studied. Emphasis will be placed on Profibus, Fieldbus, ArcNet, and DeviceNet applications. Fundamentals relating to basic electronics circuits will be covered in this course. Basic microwave and satellite communication links will be studied. Practical experiences in operating database programs such as Microsoft Access.
Emphasis includes creating, formatting, revising, printing, merging, and creating queries.
This course covers the exploration of voice communications. The current telecommunications and PSTN environment is investigated. Emphasis is placed on solving hardware problems using the various diagnostic tools is available. The purchasing and installation of computer hardware, installation of software, isolating software and peripheral problems is also covered. The advanced study of any particular topic that may interest the student.