Industrial Communications
Keywords |
Classification |
Keyword |
OFICIAL |
Telecommunications |
OFICIAL |
Automation, Control & Manufacturing Syst. |
Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S
Cycles of Study/Courses
Acronym |
No. of Students |
Study Plan |
Curricular Years |
Credits UCN |
Credits ECTS |
Contact hours |
Total Time |
MIEEC |
70 |
Syllabus since 2007/2008 |
4 |
- |
6 |
63 |
160 |
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
- to understand the specificities of industrial communication compared to others, on the level of requirements which are needed and technologies used;
- To be acquainted and to define the most adequate technological solutions in the implementation of communication networks in systems of industrial automation;
- To analyse, specify, set and use industrial communication networks;
- To create applications using services available by different types of industrial networks;
- To define architectures of communication to integrate industrial applications situated to different levels, with different characteristics and requirements;
Program
- Introduction to industrial communications: concepts, framework, characteristics and functional requirements;
- Architectonic models: structure, layer characteristics and services;
- Transmission techniques and data communication; Control of data connection: error control mechanism; bit-oriented and character-oriented protocols;
- Typical industrial communications architectures: hierarchical structure and information flux characterization in different levels;
- Serial communication: RS-232, RS-485/422, modems
- Field, cell and factory networks: CAN, DeviceNet, Profibus-DP, Ethernet Industrial
- Networks of enterprise management and internet: TCP/IP, SMTP, DNS, HTTP, FTP
- Wireless networks: 802.11 and Zigbee
Complementary Bibliography
Zurawski, Richard 340;
The industrial communication technology handbook. ISBN: 0-8493-3077-7
Stallings, William;
Data and computer communications
Pimentel, Juan R.;
Communications network for manufacturing. ISBN: 0-13-168576-7
Zurawski, Richard; The industrial information technology handbook, CRC Press, 2005
Teaching methods and learning activities
Theoretical classes: presentation of the themes with discussion of case studies
Practical classes: they are a complement of the theoretical classes. Students have the opportunity to contact with technological solutions. Students have to do 3 group assignments (3 students) on one of the themes of the course.
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation with final exam
Assessment Components
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
Weight (%) |
End date |
Subject Classes |
Participação presencial |
50,00 |
|
|
|
Exame |
2,50 |
|
|
|
Trabalho escrito |
48,00 |
|
|
|
Total: |
- |
0,00 |
|
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
Description |
Type |
Time (hours) |
End date |
|
Estudo autónomo |
75 |
|
|
Total: |
75,00 |
|
Eligibility for exams
- According to General Evaluation Rules of FEUP
- Students have to do the three assignments
Calculation formula of final grade
FM (Final Mark)
TC (Theoretical Component): Exam
PC (Practical Component): Assignments
PO: Professor’s Opinion
IF: (FM > 7.0) AND ( PC > 7.0)
{
FM = (10.0* TC + 9.0 * PC + 1.0*PO) /20.0
}
OTHERWISE
{
FM= Min{ 9.0, (10.0* TC + 9.0 * PC + 1.0*PO )/20.0}
}
(*) Marks (0-20)
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
Students, who did not attend to the practical component of the course, have to do a practical exam.
According to General Evaluation Rules of FEUP
Classification improvement
Students can only improve the theoretical component of the course (exam).