Objectives and competences
Objectives:
Upgrading previously acquired knowledge from dealing with regulations in frequency domain and acquiring additional knowledge for the needs of solving problems of system control.
Competences:
Ability to use the acquired knowledge in control design of devices and processes.
Content (Syllabus outline)
The curriculum encompasses the basic characteristics of systems or processes, introduction to continuous and discrete systems and models. In the field of continuous dynamic systems, it contains model designs, including input-output and state-space models with equivalents and model-to-model conversions. The content continues in the field of analogy-based modeling. Stability, controllability and observability are further discussed.
The content continues into the field of planning control and observers, and also discusses the structure and operation of programmable logic controllers, their various designs and basic applications.
Included contents are also: basics of ladder diagrams and function block programming, binary processes, logical functions, fundamental axioms and theorems, algebra of logical functions, minimal realizations, characteristic tables, state diagrams. Design of combination, sequential and stepper controls.
Learning and teaching methods
Method (written or oral exam, coursework, project):
written exam 90 %
assessment of tutorials 10 %
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding:
After the completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. present the forms of mathematical models (models) and systems characteristics
2. use equivalent models in practical cases
3. design a state controller and observer
4. describe the programmable logic controller and microcontroller and their usage
5. present the basics of the ladder diagram
6. describe the basics of discrete/binary systems
7. present the basics of controls
8. apply general knowledge to control systems
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
1. apply knowledge in the field of systems and control systems in other courses of this study program, in further education and in work environments
Readings
G.F. Franklin, J.D. Powell, A. Emami-Naeini: Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, Pearson, 2010.
R. C. Dorf, R. H. Bishop: Modern Control Systems, Pearson, 2022.
B. Grčar, J. Ritonja, Računalniško vodenje procesov: zbrano gradivo, Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, računalništvo in informatiko, 1998.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Type (examination, oral, coursework, project):
- written exam (can be partially or fully replaced by an oral examination; can be replaced by midterm tests) 90 %
- assessment of tutorials 10 %
