Programmable-Logic Controller Laboratory

(This lab is administered collaboratively with the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department)

The Programmable-Logic Controller (PLC) Laboratory provides an opportunity for students to learn about methods to measure and analyze control variables in manufacturing and mechanical processes.  The lab emphasizes the role of programmable logic digital and analog controllers and integrates the concepts of transfer functions, system response, offset error, and stability into common practice.  The lab and the primary course it serves, Control of Dynamic Systems (MME/ECE 436), do contain design credits based on a laboratory project and design examples presented throughout the term.  Design is incorporated in this course through realistic, case-based problems.

Equipment

Hardware

AB CompactLogix PLC Training Consoles
DC, Variable Frequency & 3 Phase Motor Lab
Panel View Plus 600 Operator Interfaces
PID Heating System Lab
Quanser Inverted Pendulum Servo Trainer
Feedback Servo Trainers

Software

Rockwell 5000 PLC software