Basics of Industrial Automation
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The official GTU curriculum for Basics of Industrial Automation (subject code DI03041021) as prescribed for Nano · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 32 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (DI03041021)Unit 1 Introduction To Industrial Automation 08 18
- 1.1 Definition of Industrial Automation. 1.2 Objectives of Industrial Automation. 1.3 Benefits of Industrial Automation 1.4 Types of automation systems. 1.4.1 Fixed automation. 1.4.2 Programmable automation. 1.4.3 Flexible automation. 1.5 Basic components of automation systems
- Actuators, HMI, Control system
- Communication networks
- Software & Programming. 1.6 Different types of industrial process technique. 1.6.1 Continuous Process. 1.6.2 Discrete-state Process. 1.6.3 Composite Process. 1.7 Applications of PLC based Automation system
Unit 2 Fundamental Of PLCs. 08 18
- 2.1 Introduction of PLC. 2.2 Architecture & Working of PLC. 2.3 PLC hardware components and its working. 2.3.1 SMPS, CPU, Memory
- Programming device. 2.3.2 Analog Input/output module. AC / DC input module Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Automation & Robotics Course / Subject Code: DI03041021 Course/Subject Name: Basics of Industrial Automation W.e.f. 2024-25 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page no. 3 of 9 2.3.3 Digital Input/output module. AC / DC Output module 2.4 Peripherals devices of PLC. 2.4.1 Input Devices: Pushbutton
- level proximity switch & other input devices. 2.4.2 Output Devices: Relay, SSR, contactor
- solenoid valve and other output devices. 2.5 Selection Criteria of PLC. 2.6 Advantages and limitations of PLC
Unit 3 PLC Programming Techniques. 12 27
- 3.1 PLC Programming Languages. 3.1.1 Introduction to PLC Programming. 3.1.2 Type of PLC programming language: Ladder Logic
- Functional Block Diagram
- Sequential Functional Chart
- Structured Text. 3.2 Ladder Logic (LAD) in Detail 3.2.1 Introduction to Ladder Logic Elements : (Contacts
- Rungs and Power Flow
- I/O Addressing) 3.2.2 Ladder Logic for Logic Gates 3.2.3 Boolean Expressions in Ladder Logic 3.2.4 Holding (latching relay) contact. 3.3 Understanding PLC Program Scan Cycle 3.4 Memory Mapping and Registers 3.4.1 Memory Mapping of PLC: Input/output memory
- data memory
- system memory
- counters. 3.4.2 Types of Register in PLC: Holding (Data) registers
- Input/output registers
- Status Registers
- Control registers. 3.5 Simple and complex branching in Ladder logic. 3.6 Ladder logic Symbols of PLC
Unit 4 Basic functions and Application of PLC 10 22
- 4.1 ON Delay timer
- Off Delay timer
- Retentive & Non-retentive timer 4.2 UP Counter
- Down Counter. 4.3 PLC arithmetic functions. Addition
- Square Root
- 4.4 PLC comparison function
- Program Name: Engineering Level: Diploma Branch: Automation & Robotics Course / Subject Code: DI03041021 Course/Subject Name: Basics of Industrial Automation W.e.f. 2024-25 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page no. 4 of 9 Equal
- Not equal
- less than
- less than or equal greater than
- greater than or equal 4.5 PLC logical function. 4.6 LED blinking using various timers. 4.7 Object counting using counter function. 4.8 Temperature unit conversion using arithmetic function
Unit 5 Basic Components Of Automation System. 07 16
- 5.1 Definition of RTU (Remote terminal unit). 5.1.1 Function of RTU. 5.1.2 Importance of RTU in automation. 5.2 Introduction of SCADA. 5.2.1 Basic diagram of SCADA system. 5.2.2 Benefit of SCADA in automation. 5.3 About DCS (Distributed control system) 5.3.1 Architecture of DCS. 5.3.2 Application of DCS in automation. 5.4 Introduction of HMI. 5.4.1 Benefit of Human Machine Interface. 5.4.2 Application of HMI in automation
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