4 ECTS credits
110 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4016438FNR for all students in the 2nd semester
at
a (F) Master - specialised level.
- Semester
- 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Taught in
- English
- Partnership Agreement
- Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
- Faculty
- Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
- Department
- Electricity
- Educational team
- Yves Rolain
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
- 30 contact hours Lecture
12 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
- Course Content
This course discusses some topics in industrial measurement setups and systems. The course concentrates on a general perspective over the field. A selection of the topics can be found below
- Evolution and advantages of automated systems in industrial measurements and control
- Instrumentation controllers and controller software, Software frameworks for instrument control.
- Industrial control via PLC, with hands-on experience for ladder programming for Simatic PLC's
- Industrial systems based on CAN, Fieldbus and PROFINET.
The exam consists of an oral proof for the theory and a project. Both parts account for 50% of the endmark
- Additional info
Course notes are available for this course, partly as a course textbook, and partly as a set of slides.
- Learning Outcomes
-
Algemene competenties
The student is capable to:
- Understand and explain a communication standard that is similar to the ones discussed during the course
- Understand, explain and design a simple instrumentation control software
- Understand, explain and design a simple PLC steering
The theory course evaluation consists in an open book oral exam, where the candidate will have to discuss a practical problem using the notes
The labs consist of a project in instrumentation control
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- examen andere
with a relative weight of 100
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
The evaluation is based on
- An oral, open book exam about the theory that accounts for 50% of the final score
- An oral defense of the assignement that accounts for 50% of the final score
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Electrical Engineering: Standaard traject BRUFACE J