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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

308787 (v.1) Instrumentation and Control 402

Area: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Prerequisite(s): 12711 (v.5) Electromagnetic and Electromechanical Energy Conversion 200 or any previous version
OR
300539 (v.3) Transmission and Interface Design 203
OR
308827 (v.1) Mechatronic Automation 331
Syllabus: Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisiton (SCADA). Programming for PLCs and SCADA systems. Sensors. Instrumentation, smart instrumentation systems. Data acquisition, communication protocols. Earthing and earth loops. Instrument Design Principles; Analogue and Digital Signal Processing
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 031303 Electronic Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2012 Miri Sarawak Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External