Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Practical
Tutorial
Module Offerings
5508USST-JAN-PAR
Aims
To develop a practical understanding of how sensors and actuators may be used, along with embedded systems, to control and monitor mechanical engineering systems.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Propose appropriate sensors for an application and analyse their characteristics, and practical interfacing requirements
2.
Propose appropriate actuators for an application and analyse their characteristics, and drive requirements
3.
Design an appropriate control system structure for an engineering application and determine the characteristic dynamic response of a system.
4.
Critically appraise a range of hardware interfaces and their methods of programming.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:The list below provides an overview of topics which may be covered in this module:
Sensors
• Measured Physical Quantity
o Temperature
o Position, Displacement and Velocity
o Acceleration
o Pressure & Force
o Fluid Flow Rates
• Signal Type
o Analogue
o Digital
• Characteristics
o Range & Span
o Sensitivity
o Precision, Accuracy, Repeatability
Actuators and Indicators
• Electro-mechanical Actuators
o Motors
o Solenoids
• Indicators and Displays
o LED Lights
o LED Displays
Embedded Systems Hardware
• Micro-controllers
• Characteristics of I/O
o Analogue Voltage (e.g. Typical Ranges: 0-5v, +/-10v)
o Digital (e.g. Typical Voltages: 3.3v, 5v, 12v, 24v)
• Serial Interfaces
o i2c and UART
• Signal Conditioning & Filtering
o Amplifiers
o Filters
o Protection
Programming Embedded Systems
• Common programming design patterns using While loops and conditional statements
• Reading from, and writing to hardware ports.
Control
• Control Objectives
o Set-point
o Tracking
o Stabilisation
• Closed-loop Control
• Feed-forward control
• ON/OFF (Bang-Bang) Control
Additional Information:This model incorporates elements of flipped delivery. The source of primary knowledge for this module will be via material made available through the VLE, while understanding will be developed through a tutorial and significant practical content.