ELEC-139 Logical Control Systems

Credits 6 / 8 Contact Hours
Prerequisite: Placement into RDNG-016 (ACSR-016) ELEC-131, ELEC-133. Course fee includes electronics kit and supplies.
Digital electronics is the foundation of industrial control systems microprocessor based systems and computers. This lab-centered course will teach the fundamentals of digital control as it relates to these areas. There will be numerous lab experiences to help you master number systems industrial I/O devices switching and relay logic TTL circuit logic programmable controller logic microcontroller logic print and schematic reading point to point wiring from prints and schematics and circuit trouble shooting. Students will practice the skill of prototyping circuit board and component assembly.

Course Outcomes
1. Identifying and wiring basic switch connections 2. Identifying residential and industrial switches 3. Wiring simple relay controllers from prints and de-bugging them 4. Wiring, testing and de-bugging logical controls using TTL logic devices 5. Mastering basic binary number systems 6. Reducing circuit hardware by using Boolean algebra and Karnaugh mapping techniques 7. Identifying the components of a PLC based control environment 8. Installing and wiring a system 9. Properly using the basic controller instruction set 10. Mastering the basic of ladder logic 11. Constructing and de-bugging programs 12. Identifying microcontroller based systems 13. Connecting simple input and output devices to microcontrollers 14. Writing simple control programs 15. Using “In Circuit Emulators” and development systems in practical applications