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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

436-305 Data Acquisition and Control

Credit Points:

7.1

Coordinator:

Dr T.J. Chalko

Prerequisite/s:

431-103 Electrical Engineering 1, 431-102 Computer Engineering 1, 436-301 Control Systems

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

26 hours of lectures, 13 hours of tutorials and laboratory work

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

  • interface analog and digital sensors and actuators with a microcomputer;

  • program the computer in a high-level language to:

  • acquire reliable data from the sensors;

  • exercise real-time control of the actuators by implementing simple control laws.

Content:

Overview: Structure of computer-controlled systems.

Sensors and actuators: characteristics of some common analog and digital sensors and actuators.

Signal conditioning: amplification and filtering, design of analog interface circuits using op-amps; design of simple logic circuits.

Microprocessors and microcontrollers: review of architectures, instructions and operations; programming for real-time operations, interrupts.

Interfacing: analog and digital I/O, DMA devices.

Data acquisition: sample rates and aliasing.

Digital Control: Implementation of simple control algorithms.

Case studies: motion control with d. c. and stepper motors.

Assessment:

A two-hour examination; tests, assignments and laboratory reports, not exceeding 20 pages.
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