Course detail
Control of Machines and Drives
FSI-ERS Acad. year: 2027/2028 Winter semester
The course provides theoretical foundations and practical procedures for the control of machines and drives. The content is divided into two interrelated parts. The first part is devoted to the basic concepts of automatic control, the classification of signals and systems, and logic control. Students design combinational and sequential logic circuits and implement them practically on a Siemens LOGO! programmable logic module in the LOGO! Soft Comfort environment, including work with timers and flip-flops. The second part deals with the mathematical description of continuous-time and discrete-time systems, their characteristics, stability and quality of control, and the design of PID controllers. Lectures are complemented by computer-based exercises: the first part of the course is practised in the LOGO! Soft Comfort environment, the second part in the MATLAB environment. The course is supported by an e-learning course, which serves as the primary gateway to current information, current study materials and current contacts for the course instructor.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
5
Supervisor
Entry knowledge
Basic knowledge of mathematics including solution of the system of ordinary differential equations, physics and electrical engineering.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The course is evaluated by credit and exam. Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes: Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and elaborated the task according to the instructions of the tutor. The exam is written and is evaluated in the range of 0-100 points. The evaluation of the test result is given by the ECTS grading scale.
Controlled instruction is exercise. Exercises are compulsory. Attendance at seminars is checked and the level of knowledge is checked by solving practical tasks. Missed lessons must be completed with another group, or in exceptional cases by assigning homework on the topic. The level of elaboration of this work is evaluated by the teacher.
Aims
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with principles and means of control used in machinery and drives.
Ability to analyze and design linear continuous and discrete feedback control systems. Students will acquire basic knowledge of automation, description and classification of control systems and determination of their characteristics. Students will be able to solve stability problems of control systems. Students will be able to choose suitable components of the control circuit with respect to the control requirements.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization KSB: Quality, Reliability and Safety, compulsory
Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
specialization SSZ: Machine and Equipment Construction, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Basic concepts of control, distribution of signals and systems (continuous vs. discrete).
2. Logic control – basic elements, simplification of logic circuits.
3. NAND, NOR, combinational logic circuits.
4. Sequential logic circuits.
5. Mathematical description of continuous systems, Laplac transform, block algebra.
6. Pulse function and characteristic, transition function and characteristic, division of control elements, frequency transmission, frequency characteristics.
7. Continuous control – basic control elements, PID control elements.
8. Continuous control – control quality, stability.
9. Discrete control – differences from continuous control, Z transformation.
10. Discrete control – basic elements of control.
11. Means of control (microcontroller, PLC, IPC) – classification, basic properties, use.
12. Actuators.
13. Sensors.
Computer-assisted exercise
26 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Logic control – introduction to software, basic elements
2. Logic control – principles of logic control, simplification of logic circuits
3. Logic control – other circuits of logic control (timers, flip-flops)
4. Continuous systems – mathematical description, frequency transfer, characteristics
5. Continuous regulation – basic elements
6. Continuous regulation – controller tuning, stability
7. Continuous regulation – quality of control
8. Discrete control – influence
9. Practical demonstration of control means – microprocessors / microcontrollers
10. Practical demonstration of control means – PLC
11. Influence of actuators and sensors on regulation properties
12. Practical demonstration of drive control
13. Credit