Buffalo State College
Department of Technology

Prefix, Number and Name of Course: ENT335 Industrial Electronics
Credit Hours: 3
In Class Instructional Hours: 2, Labs: 3, Field Work: 0

Catalog Description:

Prerequisite: ENT331
Essential industrial machines and automation topics such as discrete and analog process control, switches and sensors, control systems, industrial controls, LabVIEW, PLCs, and data acquisition. Laboratory exercises provide practical applications of the industrial electronics which engineering technology graduates are likely to encounter. Required for mechanical engineering technology majors and elective for electrical engineering technology majors.

Reasons for Addition:
This course is being added because mechanical and electrical engineering technology graduates will likely work with manufacturing automation that depends on a wide range of electronic systems. Industrial electronics is involved in the production of all modern goods and services, and this course presents a practical overview of the most important industrial electronic systems.

Student Learning Outcomes
Students will: / Course
Content
References / Assessment
1. Identify and classify sensors and related circuits used in industrial electronics. / I-V / Exams
2. Identify and classify actuators and their applications in industrial automation systems. / VI-VII / Exams, experiments, written and oral reports
3. Develop computer programs for industrial controllers. / VIII-IX / Exams, experiments, written and oral reports
4. Use control system theory to analyze and design industrial automation systems. / X, XI / Assignments, exams
5. Identify communication systems used in industrial automation. / XII / Experiments, written, and oral reports
6. Develop computer programs for data acquisition systems used in industrial automation. / XIII / Experiments, written, and oral reports

Course Content:

  1. Discrete Control Input and Output Devices
  2. Switches
  3. Relays
  4. Contactors
  5. Solid-State Devices in Industrial Applications
  6. Transistors
  7. Solid-State Relays
  8. Operational Amplifiers and Linear ICs
  9. Common Amplifier Configurations
  10. Voltage and Current Converters
  11. Instrumentation Amplifiers
  12. SCRs, TRIACs, and other Thyristors
  13. Thyristor Triggering Devices
  14. Applications
  15. Controlled Thyristor Switches
  16. Discrete Automation Sensors and Devices
  17. Proximity and Photoelectric Sensors
  18. Sensor Output Interfaces
  19. Analog Automation Sensors
  20. Integrating Sensors into Power and Control Circuits
  21. Vision Systems
  22. Analog Process Control Devices (Actuators) and Sensors
  23. Control Valves
  24. Electrical Heating Elements
  25. Introduction to Control Sensors, Transmitters, and Transducers
  26. Temperature, Pressure, Flow, Level, and Position Sensors
  27. Special-Purpose Motors and Control Devices
  28. Programmable Logic Controllers
  29. Traditional Ladder Logic Programming
  30. Alternative Languages: Ladder Diagram, Function Block Diagram, Structured Text, and Sequential Function Chart
  31. Embedded Microcontrollers
  32. Survey of State-of-the-art Microcontrollers
  33. Architecture and Interfacing
  34. Programming
  35. Control of Continuous Processes
  36. Open-and Closed-Loop Control Systems
  37. Lag and Lead Processes
  38. Single-Loop Intermittent Controllers
  39. Single-Loop Continuous Controllers
  40. Digital Control
  41. Fuzzy Controllers
  42. Operation and Programming of Industrial Robots
  43. Robot Controller
  44. Robot Programming Fundamentals
  45. Programming Servo Robots
  46. Data Communication Between Intelligent Machines
  47. Factory-Floor Data Network
  48. Fieldbus Networks
  49. LabVIEW
  50. Program Fundamentals
  51. Data Acquisition and Control
  52. Hardware Interfaces

Resources:

Classic Scholarship in the Field.

Humphries, J. & Sheets, L. (1993). Industrial Electronics, 4th ed. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Thomson Learning.
Jones, C. (1996). Programmable Logic Controllers. Atlanta, GA: Patrick-Turner Publishing.
Paton, B, (1999). Sensors, Transducers & LabVIEW . Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Current Scholarship in the Field.

Bartelt, T. (2005). Industrial Control Electronics: Devices, Systems & Applications, 3rd ed. Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Thomson Learning.
Bishop, R. (2003). Learning with LabVIEW 7 Express. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Fraser, R. (2000). Process Measurement and Control. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Johnson, C. (2005). Process Control Instrumentation Technology, 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Kissell, T. (2002). Industrial Electronics: Applications for Programmable Controllers, Instrumentation and Process Control, and Electrical Machines and Motor Controls, 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Maloney, T. (2003). Modern Industrial Electronics, 5th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Rehg, J. & Sartori, G. (2006). Industrial Electronics. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Periodicals

  1. IEEE Control Systems Magazine
  2. IEEE Industry Applications
  3. IEEE Instrumentations and Measurements
  4. IEEE Robotics Automation
  5. IEEE Spectrum