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Practical study of the basics of digital measurement
and control technology

Summary

Not only programming technique but also knowledge of input-output circuits and interface circuit are required to realize digital measurement and control system. To achieve this, PC based practical control system are studied in this course.

Course Contents

1. Lectures

・Basic theory of servomotors
・Basic design methods of control
and measurement

・Handling digital volume
・Basic structure of FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array)
and programming of HDL (Hardware Description Language)

2. Practical Training

・Basic C language programming
・Logic circuits design using FPGA board
・Input and output circuits of digital and analog signals
・Basic system structuring

Structure and Schedule

Lectures will be given using books and reference material specified in the package. Progress will be presented in seminar style followed by written submission as a report. Experiments will take place according to the procedure specified in the package. Reports will be made once per week and meetings will be called as needed.

Course Option

Exercise problems related to the theme will be decided upon through private consultation with each student

Course Objectives

Some application and packaged hardware and software tool are prepared for data acquisition and control systems using PC; however, when users add original functions or attempt to control special devices, the need arises to create new signals or process input-output data, as well as other design requirements not noted in texts. The focus of the course is to learn how to deal with design requirements not in texts through practical training.

Fundamental Skills Required for the Course

Students are required to have a basic knowledge of logic circuit and C language programming.

Examples of Research Theme Combinations

The following list shows examples of research projects that can be combined with this course.
"Real-time data acquisition system"
"Design of robot controllers"
"Precise fluid control,etc."

Assessment of Academic Achievement

Scores will be given on a scale of 1 to 5 for the items listed below. An average score of 3.5 is considered a passing score.

(1) Level of understanding of servo motors
(2) Level of understanding of programming
(3) Level of understanding of logic circuit design
(4) Final presentation and report