PLC's are used for hands-on exercises in simulated industrial control. Ladder diagram logic is used to program industry standard controllers. Alternate methods of inexpensive computer control are explored. Remote data gathering and instrumentation are integrated with PLC operations and system design considerations. This course presents digital electronics.
Students integrate digital control circuits with instrumentation devices.
Computer circuit simulation of digital circuits and hands-on laboratory exercises help students understand how digital circuits are used in industrial controls. This course introduces students to the microprocessor and how it is used for control by examining the arithmetic logic unit, microprocessor families, memories, and bus construction. Students program and use imbedded controllers to simulate industrial control in the laboratory. Controllers used include the Intel and Motorola eight-bit processors. Students also learn the principles of control simulation and program debugging.