After successful completion of the course, students are able to:

• implement basic measuring concepts for e. g. temperature, pressure, mass flow at energetic systems
• implement basic control concepts by using an SPS
• realisation of process- and data-visualisation

• What is an PLC and how does it work?
• Overview over automation topics (from the sensor to the distributed control system, interfaces, bus standards, transmission protocols)
• Digital signal acquisition (sensors, converters, processing)
• Control of thermal process variables
• Sequential control and process automation
• Safety technology

• presentation and explanation
• self-reliant setting of sensors and data-acquisition
• programming of SPS
• error-diagnostics
• execution of data-logging and visualisation tasks

Successful completion of the software tutorials

Proactive participation during the exercise (Presence mandatory!)

Fundamentals of programming

Fundamentals of closed loop control

Fundamentals of electrical engineering and electronics