ME534 COMPUTER CONTROL OF MACHINES
| Course Code: | 5690534 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. AHMET BUĞRA KOKU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course is to develop a working knowledge on the following subjects:
- Modeling physical systems for purposes of control system analysis and design,
- Feedback control architectures and relevant options,
- Design methods and tools for discrete-time (“digital”) control systems,
- Software and hardware principles for computer control
- Digital sensor technology
- Basic digital motion-control systems
Course Content
Computer organization: Binary logic, instruction and data processing. Computer interfacing: Digital-to-analog conversion, analog-to-digital conversion, interrupt interfacing. Sensors for computer control. Command generation in machine control: Use for linear and cubic polynomials and spline functions, open-loop position control of step motors. Sequential control: Boolean algebra, ladder diagrams, sequential logic design. (R)