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Microcomputer Control Systems

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 430-8743/01
Abbreviation MŘS
Course title Microcomputer Control Systems
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Applied Electronics
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Martin Kuchař, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
Requirements for microprocessor control system, block diagram of single processor and multiprocessor system, description of basic blocks.
Sensors of quantities - current sensors, voltage sensors, speed and position sensors.
Analog signal and its adjustment - amplifiers, limiters, analog memories and analog multiplexers.
Hardware solution of the microcomputer with different types of microprocessors, practical examples.
Digital processing of input signals. A/D converters, D/A converters and their practical solutions, block diagrams, circuit diagrams.
Digital processing of output signals from incremental position encoder. Block of position and speed estimation, estimation of rotation direction, multiplying of pulses, counter of pulses. Block and circuit diagrams.
Output signals processing. Board of switching pulses, block and circuit diagrams.
Communication with superior system and keyboard. Serial interface. Block diagram of communication unit.
Development resources for design of application software. Assembly of program modules, mutual relations.
Realization of program blocks for vector controlled AC drive with induction motor (IM). Principle of vector control with IM. Design of speed control structure.
Realization of software blocks for speed control structure with IM. Reading of A/D data. P, I, PI controllers. Current control.
Speed control. Block of oriented quantities calculation. Compare and vector pulse with modulation.
Digital signal processors. Transputers. Structure, properties, applications.
Programmable systems. Structure, programming. Basic applications in industrial electronics.

Exercises:
Singlechip microcomputer, 16-bit microprocessor - summary.
Adjustment of analog and digital signals for microcomputer control systems.
Development resources for design of application software. Communication with superior system.
Test No.1. - theme repetition, assignment of semester project.
Integration of program blocks into the control structure.
Test No. 2. - theme repetition.

Laboratories:
Processing of analog and digital signals - laboratory exercise.
Controllers, program blocks, measurement of transient responses - laboratory exercise.
Program blocks for electrical controlled drives - laboratory exercise.
Structure of speed control - laboratory exercise.

Projects:
Semester project - hardware and software design for microcomputer control system.
Laboratory reports.

E-learning

Study supports are available in the LMS to students of the course.

Literature

Brey B.B.: The Intel microprocessors: architecture, programming and interfacing. Prentice Hall,London, 1994.
Steckhahn, A.D., Otter, J.D.: Industrial applications for microprocessors. Reston Publishing Company, 1982.
Microprocessors and microsystems. Oxford Elsevier, ISSN 01141-9331.
Horowitz, P. - Hill, W.: The Art of electronics. Cambridge University Press,1989, ISBN 0-521-37095-7.

Advised literature

Nilsson, J.W.: Electric circuits. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1991, ISBN 0-201-17288-7.
Kale, C.O.: Introduction to passive, linear, and digital electronics. Reston Publishing Company, 1985, ISBN 0-8359-3263-X.