AVM 4150 — Automation 1
3 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: falltypical days: WBostonTraditional
Offers an overview of the important concepts of industrial automation: analog/digital; input/output; continuous, synchronous, and asynchronous processes; components and hardware; process and machine systems; and automated machinery. Offers students an opportunity to gain thorough knowledge of the internals of a Programmable Logic Circuit (PLC), as well as an opportunity to create simple programs for a set of control requirements. Requires students to undertake a project to design a control scheme, program the same on PLC simulation software, and test the operation of that program.
Prerequisites
- EET 3300 (min D-)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10% | 18.0 |
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Meeting times
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Common patterns: W (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- James Giumarra (100% of students)
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Courses that list AVM 4150 in their prerequisites.
Links
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