The COM4LAB course entitled “Introduction to Control Engineering” is the first course on the control engineering. The basic concepts and laws of control engineering are explained and practically devised using a number of experiments. The course comprises 12 chapters.
Total duration: Up to 8 hours
Target audience
Among others, the course can be used to support the training process for the following professions and subjects of study:
- electronics technician for automation technology
- electronics technician for energy and building technology
- electronics technician for devices and systems
- electronics technician for information and system technology
- electronics technician for machine and drive technology
- aircraft electronics technician
- automation technology (bachelor's studies)
- control engineering (bachelor's studies)
Learning objectives
The students are to:
- be able to understand the basic principles of control engineering and
- be able to understand and to parametrise the basic elements of control engineering.
Topics
The course covers the following topics:
- open-loop control
- closed-loop control
- analysis of controlled systems
- controlled systems with compensation
- higher-order controlled systems
- controlled systems without compensation
- controller types
- P, I, PI, PD and PID control
- automatic digital control
Previous knowledge
The students need to have a basic knowledge of electronic components in order to be able to complete the course successfully. Additionally, dealing with simple formulas is required.
