CRN: 32030 MET-487 Instrumentation and Automatic Control June 28, 2010 August 5, 2010 Professor Paul Lin Course Description: Class 2, Lab 2, Cr. 3, Junior class standing and 216 Instrumentation for pressure, temperature, velocity, rpm, strain, force, displacement, acceleration, counting, and sound will be studies. Automatic control will be studied covering topics of on-off and proportional control, programmable controllers and computer control. Instructor Information: Paul I-Hai Lin, P.E., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Office: ET 205C Phone: 260-481-6339 Email: lin@ipfw.edu Course Web site: http://www.etcs.ipfw.edu/~lin Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 4:00-5:30 p.m. Text Book: Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems, 3 rd Michael B. Histand, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-296305-0. Edition, 2007, David G. Alciatore and MET 487 Course Outcomes (see www.miet.ipfw.edu for more information about the MET Program Outcomes given in parentheses): This course provides students with a "hands-on" and demo-base experience in the experimental approach to instrumentation and controls. A student who successfully fulfills the course requirements will have demonstrated the ability to: 1. Operate and understand the function of fundamental instruments for the measurement and encounter variables in mechanical systems. (ABET/TAC Program Outcomes - Criterion 3a) 2. Use proper procedures for collecting, evaluating, and reporting experimental data (ABET/TAC Program Outcomes - Criterion 3c, 3g, and 3k) 3. Use and understand instrumentation terminology (ABET/TAC Program Outcomes Criterion 3a) 4. Apply basic equations necessary to solve instrumentation and control problems (ABET/TAC Program Outcomes Criterion 3a) 5. Understand the basic characteristics of automatic control systems (ABET/TAC Program Outcomes Criterion 3a) Computer Usage: 1. World Wide Web and Internet information search, and Web browser. 2. Microsoft Office Word for report writing, Excel spread sheet for data analysis, Visio for drawings 3. MATLAB for technical computation (or Scilab open source platform for numerical computation, http://www.scilab.org/ ) 4. Programming languages: Basic, C, Assembly, Ladder-diagram 5. Programmable Logic Controller (AB PLC) 6. PIC Microcontroller Lecture and Lab: Lecture: 5:30-8:20 PM, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, in room (ET 211/215) Lab & Demo: TBA Grading Policy 2 Exams (1hr each) - 30% Home works 15% Labs 20% Final Exam (Comprehensive) - 25% Class Participation (Attendance, discussion, etc) 10% A grade 100 to 90%, B grade 80 to 89%, C grade 70 to 79%, D grade 60 to 69%, F grade less than 60% or missed three evening classes or more Other Policies Mandatory attendance. A F grade will be expected if you miss three or more evening of classes. No late homework will be accepted. No make-up exam will be given. Exam Dates Exam 1 July 12 Exam 2 July 26 Final Exam August 5 1
Important Dates: July 5 Independence Day Holiday Recess, Disabilities Statement: If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Contact the Director of Services for Students with Disabilities (Walb, room 113, telephone number 481-6658), as soon as possible to work out the details. Once the Director has provided you with a letter attesting to your needs for modification, bring the letter to me. For more information, please visit the web site for SSD at http://www.ipfw.edu/ssd/ Topics of Discussion Date/Time Chapters/Labs/Assignments 6/28/2010 - Monday Chapter 1. Introduction Mechatronics, Measurement Systems, Control Systems Design, Simulation, Control, Software Tools Lab Equipment and Lab Activities Chapter 2. Electric Circuits and Components Introduction: voltage, switch, load, charge, current, ground Basic Electrical Elements and Related Equations: resistors, capacitors, inductors Kirchhoff s Voltage and Current laws: KVL and KCL Series Resistive Circuit Parallel Resistive Circuit Voltage and Current Sources and Meters MATLAB Examples Reading Assignment Read Chapter 1 & 2 6/29/2010 - Tuesday Chapter 2. Electric Circuits and Components (continue) Thevenin Equivalent Circuit Norton Equivalent Circuit AC Circuit and Analysis o Basic Equations and Notation: voltage equation, magnitude, frequency, phase angle, DC offset o Complex Number, Exponents o Polar Form o Rectangular Form o AC Circuits: Reactance and Impedance Power in Electrical Circuits Transformer Impedance Matching Grounding and Electrical Interference Electrical Safety Three Phase AC Circuits MATLAB Examples Lab 1. Basic Electrical Measurement Voltage Measurement Resistor Measurement Current Measurement Assignment Questions and Exercises: TBD 7/01/2010 - Thursday Chapter 3. Semiconductor Electronics Physics of Semiconductor Diode, Equations, Equivalent Circuits, and Application o Single Phase Rectifiers: Half-Wave, Full-Wave, Full-Wave Bridge Rectifiers o Three Phase Rectifiers o Voltage Regulators: Zener diode, Voltage Regulation IC 2
o Optoelectronics Devices: LED, Photo Diode, Photo Transistor, IR Transceiver, Solar Cell, Photo Resistor o Analysis of Diode Circuits Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) o NPN and PNP Transistors (Base, Emitter, Collector) o Common Emitter BJT Circuit o Bipolar Transistor Switch o BJT Packages o Darlington Transistor o Phototransistor and Opto-isolator Field-Effect Transistors (FET) o Behavior of FET o JFET and MOSFET Symbols: P channel, N channel o Applications of MOSFETs Lab 2: Basic Electric Circuits Verifying Ohm s Law Series Resistors Parallel Resistors Parallel Series Circuits MATLAB 7/06/2009 - Tuesday Chapter 4. System Response System Response Amplitude Linearity Fourier Series Representation of Signals Bandwidth and Frequency Response Phase Linearity Distortion of Signals Lab 3: Basic Electronic Circuits Rectifiers Transistor Switch Solid State Relay MATLAB 7/08/2010 - Thursday Chapter 4. System Response (continue) System Response Dynamic Characteristics of Systems Zero-Order System: First Order System: static sensitivity, time constant, step response, characteristic equation, homogeneous or transient solution, particular or steady state solution Second Order System: natural frequency, critically damped, underdamped, overdamped Step Response of a Second-Order System: rise time, overshoot, steady state value, settling time Frequency Response of a System: Laplace Transform, Transfer function, amplitude ratio, phase angle, System Modeling and Analogies Lab 4: Permanent DC Motor Control and RC Circuits First Order RC Circuit DC Motor Speed Control 7/12/2010 - Monday Exam 1 Lab 5. Automatic Control of Fluid Flow & Level I 7/13/2010 - Tuesday Chapter 5. Analog Signal Processing Using Operational Amplifiers 3
Amplifiers, Operational Amplifiers, Models of the OP Amp Inverting Amplifiers, Noninverting Amplifier Summer, Difference Amplifier, Comparator Instrumentation Amplifier Integrator, Differentiator Sample & Hold Circuit Important Parameters of an Op-Amp Lab 6. Basic Op-Amp Circuits 7/15/2010 - Thursday Chapter 6. Digital Circuits Digital Representation: Binary, Decimal and Hexadecimal numbers, and arithmetic Logic Gates, Truth Tables, and Combinational Logic Timing Diagrams Boolean Algebra Sequential Logic Flip-Flops: RS (Set-Reset), D, J-K Flip-Flop Applications: Switch Debouncing, Data register, Binary counter and Frequency divider, Serial and Parallel interface TTL and CMOS Integrated Circuits Lab 7. Basic Digital Circuits 7/19/2010 - Monday Chapter 6. Digital Circuits (continue) Special Purpose Digital Integrated Circuits: Decade counter, 7-segment LED display decoder, Schmitt trigger, 555 timer, Application Examples: Digital tachometer, Digital power control, etc Chapter 7. Microcontroller Programming and Interfacing Microprocessors and Microcomputers Microcontrollers The PIC 16F84 Microcontroller Programming a PIC Lab 8. PIC Microcontroller: PIC 16F84 7/20/2009 - Tuesday Chapter 7. Microcontroller Programming and Interfacing (continue) Programming a PIC Assembly Language Programming PICbasic C programming Examples Lab 9. Introduction to PLC (Programmable Logic Controller) 7/22/2010 - Thursday Chapter 8. Data Acquisition Sampling, Sampling Rate, Sampling Theorem, Nyquist frequency, Aliasing Quantization Theory: Coding, A/D converter, Resolution Analog-to-Digital Conversion o buffer amplifier, low-pass filter, S&H, A/D converter o Conversion time, Settling time, Aperture time o Types of A/Ds Digital-to-Analog Conversion Virtual Instrumentation, Data Acquisition, and Control Lab 10. Rotational Speed and Frequency Measurement 4
7/26/2010 - Monday Exam 2 Chapter 9. Sensors Position and Speed Measurement: Proximity sensors and switches, Potentiometer, Linear Variable Differential Transformer, Digital optical encoder, Stress and Strain Measurement o Electrical Resistance Strain Gage: Wheatstone bridge 7/27/2010 - Tuesday Chapter 9. Sensors (continue) Force Measurement with Load Cells Temperature Measurement: Liquid-in-glass thermometer, Bimetallic strip, Electrical Resistance thermometer (Resistance temperature device RTD), Thermocouple, Vibration and Acceleration Measurement : Piezoelectric accelerometer Pressure and Flow Measurement Lab 11. Lab 5. Automatic Control of Fluid Flow & Level II 7/29/2010 - Thursday Chapter 10. Actuators Electromagnetic Principles Solenoids and Relays Electric Motors DC Motors Electronic Control of a Permanent Magnet DC Motor Lab 12. Controlling Stepper Motors Using PIC Microcontroller 8/2/2010 - Monday Chapter 10. Actuators (continue) H-Bridge Drive for a DC Motor Stepper Motors Selecting a Motor Hydraulics: Hydraulic valves, Hydraulic actuators Pneumatics Lab 13. PLC-based Control Application 8/03/2010 - Tuesday Chapter 11. Mechatronic Systems Control Architectures and Case Studies Control Architectures: Analog circuits, Digital circuits, PLCs, Microcontroller and Digital Signal Processor, Single-board computer, Personal computer Introduction to Control Theory: Set point, Feedback (closed-loop) control, P, PI, and PID control Armature-Controlled DC motor Open-Loop Response Feedback Control of a DC Motor Controller Empirical Design: P, PI, and PID Controller Implementation Case Studies 8/05/2010 - Thursday Comprehensive Final Exam (2 Hours) 5