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Control engineering (4 cr)

Code: KL25AB25201-3003

General information


Enrollment

16.07.2021 - 17.10.2021

Timing

16.08.2021 - 19.12.2021

Credits

4 op

Virtual proportion (cr)

1 op

RD proportion (cr)

1 op

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Automation Engineering

Teachers

  • Niko Ristimäki

Student groups

  • MAUTE19

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 108 h of which scheduled 39 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%)

Qualifications

No previous studies are required.