Description

Theory
1

Laboratory
2

Instructors

José Brandão

Contents

CP1 - Digital logic (30%)
CP1.1 - Numbering systems
CP1.2 - Digital and analogical systems
CP1.3 - Boolean algebra
CP1.4 - Boolean function implementation
 

CP2 - Programmable Logic Controllers (10%)
CP2.1 - Conception of an automatism
CP2.2 - Characteristics of an automatism
CP2.3 - Structure and implementation of an automatism
CP2.4 - Graphical methods for the description of an automatism
CP2.5 - Structure of a PLC
 

CP3 - The GRAFCET language (25%)
CP3.1 - Steps
CP3.2 - Transitions
CP3.3 - Receptivities
 

CP4 - Ladder logic (25%)
CP4.1 - Ladder logic programming
CP4.2 - Counters
CP4.3 - Timers
CP4.4 - Comparison instructions
 

CP5 - Industrial Robotics (10%)
CP5.1 - History and evolution
CP5.2 - Industrial robots and manipulators
CP5.3 - Flexible production systems

Learning Outcomes

After successfully completing this course, students should be able to solve automation problems (of low to medium complexity) using the GRAFCET Methodology and the Ladder Programming Language, critically evaluating the solutions found. This general objective can be broken down into the following sub-objectives:
(OB1) understand and utilize data structuring and storage in digital systems;
(OB2) formulate, analyze, and simplify equations and circuits based on Boolean logic;
(OB3) identify a set of relevant variables that will constitute the input/output of the control automaton;
(OB4) develop and critically analyze a behavioral graph (GRAFCET) of the automatic process;
(OB5) write and implement an automaton control program using an appropriate programming language (Ladder).
(OB6) understand the uses of robotics in industrial processes.