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Control systems and fieldbuses (5 cr)

Code: TX00BU97-3010

General information


Enrollment
05.05.2025 - 31.05.2025
Registration for implementation has not started yet.
Timing
25.08.2025 - 21.12.2025
The implementation has not yet started.
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 cr
Mode of delivery
On-campus
Unit
(2019-2024) School of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering
Campus
Leiritie 1
Teaching languages
Finnish
Degree programmes
Mechanical Engineering
Teachers
Maria Sjöholm
Teacher in charge
Maria Sjöholm
Groups
KA23
Konetekniikka, koneautomaation suuntautuminen, aloittaneet opiskelun s.2023
Course
TX00BU97
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Objective

The student
• is familiar with the application areas of programmable logic and industrial fieldbus systems and their principles of operation
• is able to design and program logic applications and fieldbus based applications
• is able to connect logic systems and commission fieldbus systems.

Content

• Programmable logic control (PLC)
• IEC 61131-3 programming standard and programming languages
• Wiring sensors and actuators to PLC
• Documentation of PLC systems
• Principles, description and programming of fieldbus systems
• Application programming of fieldbus systems

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student
• knows the applications and principles of PLC systems and fieldbuses
• can program a simple PLC and fieldbus application
• is familiar with the wiring principles of PLC systems, including sensors and different kinds of fieldbuses
• is familiar with the basic requirements of documentation for PLC and fieldbus systems.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student
• knows the applications and operation principles of PLC systems and fieldbuses
• is able to evaluate the suitability of different PLC and fieldbus systems for an application, and choose the necessary components
• can program and commission even more demanding PLC and fieldbus systems
• can draw up the documentation and create the necessary circuit diagrams for PLC and fieldbus systems.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student
• knows the applications and operation principles of PLC systems and fieldbuses
• is able to compare the suitability of different PLC and fieldbus systems for an application, and choose the necessary components
• can program even more demanding PLC and fieldbus systems, as well as build and commission such systems
• can combine different fieldbus systems with each other
• can create the documentation for the system components, wiring and programmes of PLC and fieldbus systems.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student
• knows the applications and principles of PLC systems and fieldbuses
• can program a simple PLC and fieldbus application
• is familiar with the wiring principles of PLC systems, including sensors and different kinds of fieldbuses
• is familiar with the basic requirements of documentation for PLC and fieldbus systems.

Objective

The student
• is familiar with the application areas of programmable logic and industrial fieldbus systems and their principles of operation
• is able to design and program logic applications and fieldbus based applications
• is able to connect logic systems and commission fieldbus systems.

Content

• Programmable logic control (PLC)
• IEC 61131-3 programming standard and programming languages
• Wiring sensors and actuators to PLC
• Documentation of PLC systems
• Principles, description and programming of fieldbus systems
• Application programming of fieldbus systems

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