Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject COMPUTERS APPLIED TO CONTROL & AUTOMATION Code 00709032
Study programme
0709 - GRADO EN INGENIERÍA INFORMÁTICA
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
6 Optional Third Second
Language
Castellano
Prerequisites
Department ING.ELECTR.DE SIST. Y AUTOMATI
Coordinador
PRADA MEDRANO , MIGUEL ANGEL
E-mail mapram@unileon.es
jjfuem@unileon.es
Lecturers
FUERTES MARTÍNEZ , JUAN JOSÉ
PRADA MEDRANO , MIGUEL ANGEL
Web http://lra.unileon.es
General description The course introduces the field of automatic control The first module presents the general concepts related with the automatic system behavior from a point of view of software-hardware interaction. The second module introduces the acquisition and signal processing instruments and their interaction with control systems. The next modules present a general view of industrial and programmable logic controllers, which covers their architecture and programming. Different control strategies are presented. Finally, the last module reviews the application of software for automation, control and monitoring.
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente ING.ELECTR.DE SIST. Y AUTOMATI ALEGRE GUTIERREZ , ENRIQUE
Secretario ING.ELECTR.DE SIST. Y AUTOMATI ALAIZ RODRIGUEZ , ROCIO
Vocal ING.ELECTR.DE SIST. Y AUTOMATI BLAZQUEZ QUINTANA , LUIS FELIPE
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente ING.ELECTR.DE SIST. Y AUTOMATI DIEZ DIEZ , ANGELA
Secretario ING.ELECTR.DE SIST. Y AUTOMATI FERRERO FERNANDEZ , MIGUEL
Vocal ING.ELECTR.DE SIST. Y AUTOMATI FERNANDEZ LOPEZ , CARLOS

Competencias
Code  
A18134
B5614
B5618
B5626
C5 CMECES5 That students have developed those learning skills necessary to undertake further studies with a high degree of autonomy

Learning aims
Competences
A18134
 B5626
 C5
B5618
A18134
 B5614

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
I. INTRODUCTION TO AUTOMATION 1. AUTOMATION
2. AUTOMATION LEVELS
II. DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING IN AUTOMATED SYSTEMS. 1.INSTRUMENTATION
2. DATA ACQUISITION
III. CONTROL STRATEGIES. 1. FEEDBACK AND CONTROL LOOP
2. CONTROLLERS
IV. INDUSTRIAL CONTROLLERS. PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS. 1. INDUSTRIAL CONTROL
2. PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS (PLC)
3. PLC PROGRAMMING
V. SOFTWARE IN AUTOMATION, CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS. 1. HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACES
2. INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Presentations / expositions 2 2 4
 
Laboratory practicals 27 33 60
Personal tuition 3 1 4
Other methodologies 4 8 12
 
Lecture 28 42 70
 
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Presentations / expositions
Laboratory practicals
Personal tuition
Other methodologies
Lecture

Personalized attention
 
Lecture
Description
The students can receive personal or group tuition that should be requested in advance by e-mail.

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Laboratory practicals 20%
Lecture 70%
Other methodologies 10%
 
Other comments and second call
The written exams can include both theoretical and practical questions. 

In order to pass the course, the students need to: 

Reach at least a grade of 3.5 out of 7 in the evaluation of written exams.

Reach at least a grade of 1 out of 2 in the evaluation of the practical tasks. 

Reach a total grade of at least 5 points out of 10.


EVALUATION IN SECOND CALL:

Grade of the written exam: 70%

Grade of the practical exam: 20%

Other assignments: 10%

Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic

Balcells, Joseph and José L. Romeral (1997). Autómatas Programables. Marcombo.

Mandado, E., Marcos. J., Fernandez, C., Armesto, J.I., Perez, S. (2005). Autómatas Programables, entorno y aplicaciones.

Stuart A. Boyer (2004). SCADA : supervisory control and data acquisition.

José Miguel Rubio (2009). Buses industriales y de campo: prácticas de laboratorio.

R. W. Lewis (2007). Programming industrial control systems using IEC 1131-3.

REMOTE LABORATORY OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL: http://lra.unileon.es
Complementary

Creus, A. (1997). Instrumentación Industrial (6ª Edición).

Richard Zurawski (2005). The industrial information technology handbook.

Ramón Piedrafita Moreno (2004). Ingeniería de la automatización industrial 2ª ed.

RELATED INFO:

SPANISH COMMITTEE OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL: http://www.cea-ifac.es

INTERNACIONAL FEDERATION OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL: http://www.ifac-control.org/

IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY: http://www.ieee.org/

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