School Of EngineeringMicroprocessor Applications in EngineeringWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 300514.1
Discipline: COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Basic knowledge in electronics.
About this Unit
This unit will be available from 2007. Part A (Microcontrollers): To gain expertise in hardware architecture and the assembly language of microcontrollers. The applications of timers, interrupts and serial ports will also be discussed. Furthermore, the general approach in designing microcontrollers for engineering systems will be studied. Part B (PLCs): Teaches students how to program programmable logic controllers (PLCs). It uses an Omron PLC controlling a factory represented by four pneumatic cylinders. After covering the Ladder Logic programming language, it moves on to cover sequential programming and numerical manipulation using PLCs.