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Mechatronics
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Examination:
1. Project report (60%), groups of 2-4 students.
2. Project execution and management (20%)
3. Project presentation (20%)
This is a project course with very few traditional lectures. In the beginning of the semester there will be lectures within the following topics: Siemens PLC/ABB Industrial IT 800xa, WinCC, Proficy Portal and Historian.
Course coordinators: Geir Hovland and Tor Anders Hauge.
Lecture 1:
| L1: | Overview of the course, teaching plan, overview of compulsory tutorials and the main projects, introduction to systematic PLC programming. |
| T1: | Solution of a logical assignment by use of both flowcharts and state-machines, practical PLC programming by using Step7 from Siemens and CPU313C. |
Lecture 2:
| L2: | Presentation of WinCC, screen-based control for Siemens PLC's. |
| T2: | Practical assignment using WinCC. |
Lecture 3:
| L3: | Presentation of ABB Industrial IT and 800xA, screen-based control for the ABB system. |
| T3: | Practical assignment using ABB Industrial IT. |
Lecture 4:
| L4: | Presentation of Proficy Portal and Historian. |
| T4: | Practical assignment using Proficy Portal and Historian. |
Teaching weeks 5-12:
| L5-12: | Introduction to project management, Project group work starts. |
Teaching week 13:
| L13: | Lecture on report writing. |
Teaching week 14:
| L14: | Group demonstrations and presentations. Examination. |
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