| Date | Topic | Reading | Handouts | Assignments |
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| Aug 25 | Welcome Course Policies | |||
| Aug 27 | Intro to Industrial Control | Class Notes (Intro To Control) F-22 Raptor Crash | ||
| Sep 1 | No Class (Labor Day) | |||
| Sep 3 | 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 8 | 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 10 | 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 15 | A2D / D2A | Class Notes Successive Aprox Spreadsheet | ||
| Sep 17 | No Class (Doctor's appointment ran long) Lab Met | Lab #2 - Relay Driver | ||
| Sep 22 | A2D Calculations | Youtube Video | ||
| Sep 24 | A2D Calculations | HW #1 - Due start of class Oct 1 Lab #3 - Lab and Excel Spreadsheet due at end of lab (one submission per group). If instructor is not available, record your group's demo, put on youtube and put active link in spread sheet before submitting. Demo should show the full range of the ADC (start at zero and go to 255 by turning potentiometer from one stop to the other). Leave paper copy of lab under instructor's office door (ET218). | ||
| Sep 29 | Diodes, SRC's, Diacs and Triacs | Diode Review Rectifier Review SCR's Diacs and Triacs SCR vs TRIAC's | ||
| Oct 1 | Temperature Measurement | Chp 21 | Class Notes | Lab #4 - Calibration Lab. Due Oct 8 at start of lab. |
| Oct 5 | Pressure Measurement Level Measurment Test #1 (Take Home) (up to and including SCR's Diacs and Triacs and Labs 1 and 2.) | Chp 19 Chp 20 | Class Notes Class Notes | Test #1 - The test is open notes, open book, open references. Suggest printing it out, working the problems then coming back to the page, fill in the answers on line and submitting. The Login is your last name (first letter of your last name is capitalized), and the password provided via email for Gradewatch. Test opends at start of class and is due by start of class on Monday Oct 13, 2025. |
| Oct 7 | Flow Measurement Analytical Measurments | Chp 22 Chp 23 | Class Notes Class Notes | Lab #5 - Pressure Sensor / Instrumentation Amp / Bang Bang (on/off) Control. Honeywell 24PCDFB6G pressure sensor |