3EC43: INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION CREDITS - 4 (LTP: 3,0,1) Course Objective: Know general PLC issues, to be able to write simple ladder logic programs, understand the operation of a PLC, Programming of PLCs, and Working with SCADA software, Implementation of Distributed Control Scheme. Teaching and Assessment Scheme: Teaching Scheme Credits Assessment Scheme (Hours per week ) Theory Marks Practical Marks Total L T P C Marks ESE CE ESE CE 3 0 2 4 60 40 20 30 150 Course Contents: Unit Topics Teaching No. Hours 1 Introduction to Automation : 04 Introduction to Automation, Requirement of Automation, Role ...

 

Industrial automation and robotics Distributed control systems Prof. Paolo Rocco (paolo.rocco@polimi.it) Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria Distributed control systems In a control system composed by a control unit and a few sensors and actuators, communication can be performed using analog or digital voltage or current signals. What happens, however, if we have many control units connected to many sensors/actuators? Instead of using an analog point-to-point connection, we can choose a digital bus communication system connecting all the sensors/actuators to one or more control units. Before discussing the communication systems in automation, we need however ...