EL272 — Advanced PLCs and Automation
EL 272 - Advanced PLCs and Automation EL 272 - Advanced PLCs and Automation This course will introduce students to advanced programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and automation topics: networking fundamentals such as routing protocols, IP addressing, network infrastructure, access methods, and networking cabling; PLC I/Os electronic circuitry (triacs, SCRs, opto-isolators); specialty I/Os for work with electro-mechanical and pneumatic sensors, controllers, transducers, limit switches, electronic switches, speed/rotation sensors, VFDs; fundamentals of control and operation of pneumatic systems including basics of fluid mechanics, theory of use of pneumatic devices for process control, theory and operation of direction control valves and pressure control valves; fundamentals of highly automated manufacturing systems such as manufacturing sequences, remote access, production flow analysis; advanced programming techniques such as stage programming for controlling robotic mechanisms in an integrated manufacturing cell; safety PLCs. Course
Prerequisites: EL260