The lecture teaches the basics for the selection and design of control and communication elements for motion drives and the programming of digital controls.

•     Note: the course will not be offered in SS2019!
•     Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. H. Seitz, Alexander Riess M.Sc.
•     Teaching form: 2 SWS lecture, 1 SWS tutorial, 2 SWS practical course
•     Credit points: 6
•     Date of the module: Summer semester
•     Module number: 21072
•     Lecture Announcement: Drive Control

• Compulsory elective module for students of the bachelor's degree program in mechanical engineering (6th semester).
• Compulsory elective for students of the diploma program Mechanical Engineering with the specialization 4.3 Drive Systems (6th and 8th semester)
• Technical elective for all students of the diploma program Mechanical Engineering (6th and 8th semester)

• Introduction
• Binary logic (logic operations, state tables, switching networks, memory elements)
• Electrical control (relays, contact controls, circuit diagrams, electronic components) Computer-based controls, PLC (microcontrollers, PLC - structure and function, PLC programming) Communication (networks, bus systems, communication protocols)
• Sensor systems (classification, displacement measurement, angle encoders)
• Controlled drive train (control loop, path planning, modeling, cascade control)