Covers industrial automation hierarchy, control systems, and plant categories, emphasizing the importance and applications of automation in various industries.
Covers the fundamentals of control and field level devices in industrial automation, including PLCs, programming, different types of controllers, and advanced control strategies.
Explores real-time control systems, determinism, and automation in critical systems, emphasizing the significance of meeting time constraints for safety and efficiency.
Explores industrial communication networks, covering principles, standard field buses, hierarchy, advantages, applications, engineering, time-stamping, cyclic vs event-driven transmission, Ethernet role, and future trends.
Explores dependability in industrial automation, covering reliability, safety, fault characteristics, and examples of failure sources in various industries.
Explores dependable architectures, error detection, fault-tolerant structures, and software reliability through examples like the Patriot Missile failure and ABB dual controller.
