Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department
Spring 1999
Subject Number: ET 476
Subject Title: Control of Automation Systems
Lecture Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 2 Credits: 4
Textbook: Programmable Logic Controllers 2nd Edition
by Frank D. Petruzella, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 1998
| Week | Hour | Topic | Reading Assignment |
| 1 | 1 | Overview of programmable logic controllers (PLCs) | Chapter 1 |
| 2 | PLC inputs and outputs | Chapter 2 to 2-5 | |
| 3 | PLC CPUs and memory | 2-5 to 2-11 | |
| 2 | 1 | Programming basics | Chapter 5 to 5-4 |
| 2 | Branching and ladder logic | 5-5 to 5-10 | |
| 3 | Traditional circuits | Chapter 6 to 6-5 | |
| 3 | 1 | Transducers and sensors | 6-6 |
| 2 | Output devices and converting schematics | 6-7 to 6-11 | |
| 3 | Basic timers | Chapter 7 to 7-4 | |
| 4 | 1 | Retentive and cascading timers | 7-5 and 7-6 |
| 2 | Review | ||
| 3 | Exam 1 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Basic counters | Chapter 8 to 8-3 |
| 2 | Cascading counters and combining counters and timers | 8-4 to 8-6 | |
| 3 | Program control | Chapter 9 to 9-3 | |
| 6 | 1 | Special functions | 9-4 to 9-8 |
| 2 | Data manipulation | Chapter 10 to 10-2 | |
| 3 | Comparisons and set-point control | 10-3 to 10-6 | |
| 7 | 1 | Math instructions | Chapter 11 |
| 2 | Sequencers | Chapter 12 to 12-3 | |
| 3 | Shift registers | 12-4 and 12-5 | |
| 8 | 1 | PLC practices, electrical noise, grounding, and surges | Chapter 13 to 13-5 |
| 2 | Maintenance and troubleshooting | 13-8 and 13-9 | |
| 3 | Exam 2 | ||
| 9 | 1 | Process control | Chapter 14 to 14-2 |
| 2 | Controllers | 14-3 | |
| 3 | Data acquisition systems | 14-4 | |
| 10 | 1 | Computer-controlled machines and processes | Chapter 15 to 15-2 |
| 2 | Data communications | 15-3 | |
| 3 | Computer numeric control and robotics | 15-4 and 15-5 |
Notes:
- You are expected to attend every class session, and your final grade will be reduced one-half letter grade for each unexcused absence beyond the third unexcused absence.
- You may bring one sheet of standard 8.5" by 11" paper, with any notes you feel will be helpful, to each examination.
- Assignments not handed in on time will be marked down 10% for each day they are late.
| Basis for Final Grade | Points | Percentage |
| Lab Assignments | 100 | 20% |
| Team Project | 50 | 10% |
| Exam 1 | 100 | 20% |
| Exam 2 | 100 | 20% |
| Comprehensive Final Exam | 150 | 30% |
| Total | 500 | 100% |
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