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Course overview and time table ppt pdf
Abbreviations htm
1 Introduction
1.1 Automation overview ppt pdf
1.2 Examples of Automation ppt pdf
1.3 Plants and Controls ppt pdf
1.4 Automation Hierarchy ppt pdf
1.5 Control System Architecture ppt pdf
2 Programmable logic controllers
2.1 Instrumentation ppt pdf
for further reading: long version, "How to read P&IDs" (Dave Harrold) , "How to choose a sensor", P&ID: Symbols, P&ID: Example
2.2 Continuous Control ppt pdf
for further reading: Understanding PID Control, PID--The Basic Technique for Feedback Control (Vance J. VanDoren)
2.3 Programmable Logic Controllers ppt pdf
for further reading: IEC 61131 open source IDE
3 Field Busses
3.0 OSI Basics ppt pdf
for further reading: OSI model and industrial communication, Physical layer of field busses, Link Layer of field busses, Presentation Layer (see course of Prof. Decotignie)
3.1 Field Bus Principles ppt pdf
3.2 Field Bus Operation ppt pdf
3.3 Field Bus Standards ppt pdf
for further reading: Field Bus Case Study: MVB, Comparison of field busses, drives and visualizations (compiled by the students of the 2004 course)
3.4 Industrial Wireless ppt pdf
4 Application protocols
4.1 Device Management ppt pdf
for further reading: HART, MMS, old version of slides
4.2 OPC ppt pdf
for further reading: OPC Common, OPC DA, OPC AE, OPC HDA, OPC UA
5 Process Visualization (not taugth in 2012)
5.1 SCADA
5.2 Workplace Programming (Workshop)
6 Manufacturing Execution Systems (not taught in 2012)
6.1 Batch Processing
6.2 Manufacturing
7 Engineering and Commissioning (not taught in 2012)
7.1 Life Cycle
7.2 Signal Engineering
7.3 Configuration Language
7.4 Component Architecture
8 Real-Time
8.1 Hard and Soft Real Time
8.2 Performance Requirement Evaluation (not taught in 2012)
9 Reliability, Availability, Safety
9.1 Dependability - Overview
9.2 Dependability - Evaluation
kooN.xls Helper to compute R(t) of parallel systems
9.3 Dependable Communication - (not taught in 2012)
9.4 Dependable Architectures
9.5 Dependable Software
9.6 Safety Evaluation
To probe further:
Fehlertolerante Steuerungen (in German)
Tutorial on Fault-Tolerant Computing
Excursion at CIEL (Edipresse)
Introduction to newspaper printing control systems
April 16, Bussigny, Edipresse Printing Center
We take the M1 direction Renens at 13h43 - please buy a ticket Renens-Bussigny if needed. Departure Renens: 14:00, arrival at Bussigny: 14:02. Start of the visit: 14:15 , end of the visit: 15:45 arrival Renens: 15:49, back at EPFL 16:04, Geneva 16:39, 15:54 back at EPFL 16:14, Lausanne 16:05, Bern 17:26.
Homework
Choose one of the four subjects thereafter:
Time Synchronization-
SCADA-
Smart Home-
Lathe
Exam Questions
Questions 2013 (first part) Questions 2012