James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2004

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CP5355:03

Intelligent Sensing and Control

[Offered in even-numbered years commencing in 2006]

Townsville

HECS Band 2

26 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 26 hours practicals, 13 hours seminars. Semester 1.

Staff:

Assoc. Professor G Allen.

Applications of data acquisition, communication, processing and control are considered over a wide range of fields. Representation of data, types of data, data acquisition through events or sampling, to represent some physical systems, will be described and analysed. Emphasis will be on rapid application development and easy system integration, using modern computer based devices and communications systems. Users will learn how to configure systems for automatic and/or remote operation, including for automatic control environments.

Techniques for data reconstruction, analysis and display wil be described and used in practical sessions. The topics will include user programmable methods for configuration in a graphical development environment with built-in functionality. Data sources from Internet or modern serial devices will form a basis of the laboratories. An introduction to a suitable controlling software system will be included, eg LabView and Visual Basic.

Learning Objectives:

understand and describe the application of data acquisition and control systems to a range of fields of interests;

understand and be able to apply and analyse methods for representation of digital data including numerical and test data;

be able to design, implement and configure a computer based data management system including acquisition, processing, validation, display and storage, at a level appropriate for postgraduate studies;

understand, apply, analyse and design systems for automatic sensing and control, at a level appropriate for postgraduate studies;

report and do presentations on analysis and design of sensing and control systems.

Assessment by end-of-semester examination (60%); quizzes/tests (10%); assignments (15%); design mini project (15%).