Automation and Controls

(1 Credit Hour) · Undergraduate

This course will reinforce and extend the fundamentals of automation and controls covered in AME30315 with hands-on lab experience. The first third of the course will focus on hardware - electronics, sensors, actuators, microcontrollers, and serial interfaces - in the context of feedback control systems. The second third will focus on correctly choosing, designing, and implementing control algorithms. The final third of the labs will be devoted to a final project, where the students will be required to use at least one sensor and one actuator to automate a task of their choosing. Students will submit written reports comparing performance predicted by models with physical results measured in lab.