School of Engineering and Technology, (SET)
With today’s industrial development, factories intend to enhance the productivity and profitability through automation. This requires knowledge on control systems, actuators and sensors should be integrated in a holistic way. The course integrates these skills to accomplish industrial automation. The main objective is to impart knowledge and practical experiences in advanced control and programming of automation systems.
Upon completion of this course, the students should be able to:
         Recommend whether a process of interest should be automated or not based or economic and technical information
         Select appropriate and compatible hardware to carry out the automation
         Program a PLC using relay ladder logic for a given application
         Design and implement an automation system

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I.          Principles of Automation Technology
1.     Automation System Components
2.     Discrete Manufacturing Automation
3.     Continuous Process Automation
4.     Strategy for Automation

II.       Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
1.     Industrial Control Overview
2.     Structure of PLC
3.     Introduction to Programming Languages for PLC
4.     Relay Ladder Logic Based Programming
5.     Timers, Counters and Other Functions
6.     Application Examples

III.    Digital Communication
1.     Evolution of Factory Communication
2.     Communication Architectures
3.     Open Systems Interconnection
4.     Communication over Public Networks
5.     Description of Selected Automation Buses
6.     Intelligent Sensors and Actuators
IV.     Feedback Control
1.     Continuous and Discrete-Time Control
2.     On/Off Control
3.     PID Control
4.     Distributed System Control (DCS)

V.         Man-Machine Communication
1.     Human Machine Interfaces
2.     Interface Design Principles
3.     Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)

VI.     Pneumatic and Hydraulic Applications
1.     Comparison of Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems
2.     Selection of Components for a Specific Design
3.     Design and Representation of Circuits in Standard Notation
         Sensors and Actuators in Automation
         Introduction to Controllers (PLCs, Microcontrollers and Standalone Controllers)
         Wiring of  PLCs
         Interfacing Switches and other input-output devices
         RLL based PLC programming
         Timers and Counters
         Jump Operations
         Load and Transfer Operations
         Functions, Function Blocks and Data Blocks
         WINCC Introduction
         Application Project

No designated text book, but class notes and handouts will be provided.

1.     W.Bolton, Programmable Logic Controllers, 5th Edition , Elsevier, 2013.
2.     S. B. Moriss: Programmable Logic Controllers, Prentice Hall, 2000
3.     S. Cetinkunt, Mechatronics, John Wiley & Sons, 2007
4.    W. Bolton, Mechatronics - Electronic Control Systems in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, 4th Edition, Pearson Education, 2013
1.     Transactions of Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE
2.     Transactions of Automatic Control, IEEE
3.     Automatica, Elsevier
Lectures: 30 hours
Laboratory sessions: 45 hours
Self study and assignments: 90 hours
Presentations: 6 hours

Methods used are lectures, laboratory work and take home assignments which include presentations and conducting computer simulations.

Mid semester (20%) examination, final examination (40%) (both are closed book), laboratory sessions (20%) and assignments (20%).

In the evaluation, an “A” will be awarded if a student demonstrates an excellent level of understanding of the principles and demonstrates excellent capabilities in automation related applications. “B” will be awarded if a student demonstrates an average level of understanding of the principles and demonstrates average capabilities in automation related applications. “C” will be given if a student demonstrates below average level of understanding of the principles and demonstrates below average level of capabilities in automation related applications.

SECTION NAME
A Dr. Narong Aphiratsakun