Industrial Computing Architectures

Code:

EEC0145

Acronym:

ACI

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Automation, Control & Manufacturing Syst.

Instance: 2012/2013 - 2S

Active?	Yes
E-learning page:	https://moodle.fe.up.pt/
Responsible unit:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEEC	105	Syllabus (Transition) since 2010/2011	4	-	6	63	162
		Syllabus	4	-	6	63	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The main goal of this course is to provide students with skills to design and develop communications solutions for industrial environments.

Learning outcomes and competences

• To know the communication architectures employed on industrial automation systems.


• Being able to assess and identify communication requirements, and to select the technologies best suited for this type of systems.


• Develop applications with support for industrial networks

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

• Basic knowledge of communication networks.


• Programming knowleadge.

Program

• Communication requirements of industrial automation systems. Basic concepts of networks and time: messages, transactions, temporal control.


• Protocol stack: concepts and solutions for the physical, data link and application layer.


• Technologies of industrial networks: fieldbuses (CAN, CanOpen and Profibus), industrial ethernet (Modbus, Profinet, etc.), TCP/IP protocol family and wireless networks (IEEE 802.11 e IEEE 802.15.4).


• Architectures for industrial automation systems. Application examples.

Mandatory literature

ed. Richard Zurawski; The industrial communication technology handbook. ISBN: 0-8493-3077-7
James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross ; internat. ed. adap. by Bhojan Anand; Computer networking. ISBN: 978-0-321-51325-0
William Stallings; Data and Computer Communications. ISBN: 0-02-415440-7
Charles E. Spurgeon; Ethernet. ISBN: 1-56592-660-9

Complementary Bibliography

eds. Frithjof Klasen, Volker Oestreich, Michael Volz; Industrial communication. ISBN: 978-3-8007-3358-3
by Josef Weigmann and Gerhard Kilian; Decentralization with PROFIBUS-DP. ISBN: 3-89578-144-4
Olaf Pfeiffer, Andrew Ayre, Christian Keydel; Embedded networking with CAN and CANopen. ISBN: 978-0-9765116-2-5
Douglas E. Comer and David L. Stevens; Internetworking with TCP/IP. ISBN: 0-13-474321-0 (vol. 1)
Rich Seifert, James Edwards; The All-New Switch Book: The Complete Guide to LAN Switching Technology, Wiley, 2008. ISBN: 978-0470287156

Teaching methods and learning activities

• Theoretical classes: discussion of the topics addressed in the course.


• Laboratory classes: realization of two practical works: Modbus/TCP clien t& server; and a a networked control system (using fieldbus/ethernet/wireless)

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Control engineering > Control networks
Technological sciences > Engineering > Electrical engineering
Technological sciences > Engineering > Control engineering > Automation

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	102,00
Laboratory work	Trabalho laboratorial	48,00	40,00	2013-06-07
Exam	Exame	2,00	60,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	56
	Total:	56,00

Eligibility for exams

• Feup's general rules


• To obtain frequency it is necessary to carry out the laboratory work with a minimum grade (7.00 - seven).

Calculation formula of final grade

• Final grade: 60% (exam) + 40% (laboratory work).


• Laboratory work: 40% (part 1) + 60% (part 2)


• Consistency between individual and group grade: laboratory grade may not be 4.00 (four) values greater than the exam grade (the reverse does not apply).


• Minimum grade of 7.00 (seven) in each part (exam and laboratory work)


• Grades higher than 18 must be confirmed with an oral exam. Failure to pass this exam results in a final score of 17.

Classification improvement

• Only the exam is subject to grade improvement.


• The laboratory grade cannot be improved in the current semester. The improvement can be made in the next occurrence of the course (according to the rules of FEUP).