Study Guide

Objective

Students will master the basics of control technology and be able to apply the control theory to practical control systems. Students will learn to design control systems for different purposes. They will also be able to tune control systems. Intelligent control technology solutions can save energy and natural resources. The aim of the course is to understand control engineering phenomena in a general and hardware-independent way.

Content

- Basics of control technology
- Transfer function
- Controller blocks in time domains
- Control loop tuning
- Structure and the types of controllers
- Designing a control systems

Materials

Lecture handouts, lecture demonstrations, assignments, product and programming manuals.

Teaching methods

Lectures, demonstrations, assignments and group work

Student workload

Total work load 81 h of which scheduled 32 h.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows the basic concepts of control engineering.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student masters well principles of control system design and tuning.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

In addition to the above the student can utilize learned skills in demanding projects.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exercises and an examination

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the basics of control technology and can identify the terms used.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student masters well principles of control system design and tuning.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student can utilize learned skills in demanding projects.