Course code: ELE-3502

Signal Distribution and Transmission

Campus Narvik
Semester / Year Spring 2019
Level Higher grade level
Credits 5

About the course

Cannot be taken as a single subject

Introduction to bus standards for industrial control systems; discrete-time signal and systems, z-transform, sampling, transform analysis, frequency response, impulse response, filter design techniques, discrete Fourier transform, Fourier-analysis.

Admission requirements

A relevant undergraduate bachelor Engineering program with minimum 30 credits Mathematics/statistics topics

Recommended knowledge: A course in complex analysis.

Objectives of the course

After completed course the students should have the following learning outcome:

Knowledge:
The candidate
-knows the characteristics of the most common bus standards used in industry control systems and can describe the difference between them.
-has knowledge in analog and digital signal transmission and processing.

Skills:
The candidate
-can apply the concepts and methods from this module to practical systems.
-is able to design basic parts of a signal transmission and processing system.

General competence:
The candidate
-understands how signal processing is used to improve the usability of a system.

Teaching methods

Classroom lectures and written exercises.
The course takes two weeks, each of 30 hours. Each day 4 hours of lectures, and 2 hours of exercises

Language of instruction and examination

English

Recommended reading/syllabus

ProfiNet: https://www.profibus.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=51714&token=4ea5554cbb80a066e805a879116ead2a759c23c32a759c23c3
ProfiBus: https://www.profibus.com/index.php?eID=dumpFile&t=f&f=52380&token=4868812e468cd5e71d2a07c7b3da955b47a8e10d
ModBus:
http://modbus.org/specs.php

CanBus:
http://inst.cs.berkeley.edu/~ee249/fa08/Lectures/handout_canbus2.pdf

Ethernet:
https://www.lantronix.com/resources/networking-tutorials/ethernet-tutorial-networking-basics/

Hand-outs will be given during classes.

Additional litterature:
Introduction to Mechatronic Design
J. E. Carryer, M. Ohline, T. Kenny
Pearson

Assessment

Mandatory task
Mandatory laboratory exercises. Project work must be completed and approved to gain access to the exam.

Assessment
3 hours written exam.
Grading scale is from A (highest) to F (lowest), with E as the minimum pass grade.

There will be arranged a re-sit exam for this course

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