| Date | Topic | Reading | Handouts | Assignments |
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| Aug 27 | Welcome Course Policies Intro to Industrial Control | Class Notes (Intro To Control) | ||
| Aug 29 | Switches, Relays, Motor Starters Prox Switches (no lab today) |
Switches 101 Honeywell Basic, Toggle, and Rocker Switches ABB Limit Switchs Banner (Prox and Photo) |
Class Notes (Switches and Relays) Class Notes (Prox Switch) Class Notes (Prox Switch Applications) |
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| Sep 3 | Transistors, Relay Drivers, Back EMF, Opto-Isolators, FETs, H-Bridge, PWM, IGBT's |
Transistor as a Switch Opto-isolators MOSFET as a Switch H-Bridge intro H-bridge in depth H-Bridge Schematic Pulse Width Modulation Discrete IGBTs (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) IGBT's IGBT or MOSFET: Choose Wisely Snubber Diode Video |
Class Notes Class Notes |
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| Sep 5 | Op Amps |
Op Amps Reference Instrumentation Amps PID Control Circuit |
Class Notes |
Lab #1 - Relay Ladder Logic (Start/Stop Motor Starter). Due end of lab. |
| Sep 10 | A2D / D2A | Class Notes Successive Aprox Spreadsheet | ||
| Sep 12 | No Class / Lab (Weather) | |||
| Sep 17 | No Class (Family Emergency) | |||
| Sep 19 | No Class / Lab (Family Emergency) | |||
| Sep 24 | A2D Calculations | Class Notes Class Notes Note: these notes are similar to what we did in class, but not the same problems | HW #1 - Due start of class Oct 1 | |
| Sep 26 | Diodes, SRC's, Diacs and Triacs | Diode Review Rectifier Review SCR's, Diacs and Triacs | Lab #2 - Relay Driver | |
| Oct 1 | Temperature Measurement Test #1 (Take Home) (up to and including SCR's Diacs and Triacs and Labs 1 and 2.) | Chp 21 | Class Notes | Test #1 - Due Tuesday Oct 8, 2024 at start of class. |
| Oct 3 | Work on Test No Class / Lab (Wedding) | |||
| Oct 8 | Pressure Measurement Level Measurment | Chp 19 Chp 20 | Class Notes Class Notes | |
| Oct 10 | No Class / Lab (Another Wedding) | |||
| Oct 15 | Fall Break | |||
| Oct 17 | No Class / Lab (instructor out of town) | |||
| Oct 22 | Flow Measurement Analytical Measurments | Chp 22 Chp 23 | Class Notes Class Notes | |
| Oct 24 | Speed Measurement Possition Measurement Pneumatics and Hydraulics | Chp 24 Chp 25 Pneumatics Ref | Class Notes Class Notes | Lab #3 - Lab and Excel Spreadsheet due at start of next weeks lab. |
| Oct 29 | Pneumatics and Hydraulics (Cont) | Lab #4 - Hydraulics Demo using the Vickers Trainer | ||
| Oct 31 | Actuators (Valves) Control Systems | Chp 27 | Class Notes Class Notes | Lab #5a - (part 1 of 3) VI Image |
| Nov 5 | Test #2 - Take home test on Transducers, Calibration, Labs. | Test #2 - Part A Online. Use your last name (first letter of last name in caps) as your user name and your gradewatch password. Make sure you click on the link in the last question before clicking on "Grade & Submit" to see grade and submit to instructor via email. Part B - Open the downloaded file and follow instructions in Excel File. Submit via online submission under Test2b. Both parts due in one week at start of class. | ||
| Nov 7 | PID (Cont) | PID Controller Explained (RealPars) PID Math Demystified (Low Volume) PID Control - a brief introduction PID for Dummies | Lab #5b - (part 2 of 3) VI Image | |
| Nov 12 | PID Control (cont) | |||
| Nov 14 (meet in lab) | Control Tuning | PID Tuning | Lab #5c (part 3 of 3). | |
| Nov 19 | Test #3 - Take home / online test covering: Actuators, Process Diagrams, General PID Questions. | Test #3 Due in one week at start of class. (Test opens at start of class) | ||
| Nov 21 | Work on Lab5 (PID) | |||
| Nov 26 | Lab opened to work on Lab 5 (Instructor not available) | |||
| Nov 28 | No Class (Thanksgiving Break) | |||
| Dec 3 | Finish Lab #5 | Lab #5 (A,B,C) due by end of class (6:25pm) see Lab 5c for list of expected submissions. | ||
| Exam Week | Final | Schedule appointment With Prof Kohn for Individual Demo / Q&A Here. Failure to Demo and Participate in a Q&A will result in an 'F' for BOTH the Final Project and Exam. | ||
