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.

Content

- Basics of control technology
- 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 basics.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

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

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student can utilize learned skills in demanding projects.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exercises and an examination (100%)

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student knows the basics.

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.