Course

Module-1

Fundamentals of Measurement Systems, Instrument Types and Performance Characteristics, sources of error, classification and elimination of error. Signal Conditioning. Data acquisition. Probes. Sensors -Pressure, Flow, Level, Temperature
Introduction to control systems – open and closed loop control systems – Modeling of simple mechanical and electrical systems – transfer functions. Time response characteristics of control systems, Stability analysis of control systems, Frequency Response, Introduction to PI, PD and PID controllers, Design of a PID controller

Module-2

Introduction to Automation-Automated manufacturing systems. Sensors and Actuators in Automation – Digital and analog sensors; Fluid power actuators; Control valves; Electrical system elements; Motors drives; Mechanical devices.
Pneumatic and Hydraulic Systems-Pneumatic fundamentals-control elements, position and pressure sensing – logic circuits – switching circuits – sequential circuits – cascade method. Control Using PLCs-Relaylogic; Combinational and sequential control, Sequential flowchart, Minimization of logic equations; Ladder logic diagrams; Programmable logic controllers (PLCs);PLC components; Programming; I/O addresses; Timer and counters; A/D conversion and sampling;PLC applications.

Module-3

Industry 4.0 & IoT: Introduction. Digitization, Drivers of Industry 4.0, End-to-end digital integration within a smart factory, IOT Swarm Sensors, RF and wireless sensors module, power management module; Challenges.
Internet of Things (IoT): Introduction, Physical system, Cyber-Physical Systems, IoT Architectures. Applications: Smart cities & smart homes, connected vehicles, IoT for temperature dependent cooling system, engine management system, machine condition monitoring and health care monitoring

• CO1: Select and use various measuring instruments for a practical application
• CO2: Design controllers based on stability and performance requirements
• CO3: Design pneumatic and hydraulic circuits
• CO4: Program PLC for a given application
• CO5 Apply IOT to different applications

• Doebelin’s E.O., and Manik D.N., “Doebelin’s Measurement Systems”, 6th Edition, McGraw Hill Education, 2011
• Katsuhiko Ogata, “Modern Control Engineering”, 5th Edition, Pearson Education, NewDelhi,2010
• AntonyEspossito,“Fluid power with Applications “,Pearson,SixthEdition.,2003.
• Raj, Pethuru, and Anupama C. Raman.The Internet of things: Enabling technologies, plat-forms,and usecases. Auerbach Publications, 2017.
• Groover,“ Automation, Production Systems and Computer Integrated Manufactur-ing”,Third Edition, Pearson Education, 2009.
• Frank D. Petruzella, Programming Logic Controllers, 5th Edition, 2017, McGraw Hill Book Company.