COM4LAB: Introduction to Control Engineering

The COM4LAB course entitled “Introduction to Control Engineering” is the first course on the control engineering. The basic concepts and laws of control engineering are explained and practically devised using a number of experiments. The course comprises 12 chapters.

Total duration: Up to 8 hours

Target audience

Among others, the course can be used to support the training process for the following professions and subjects of study:

• electronics technician for automation technology
• electronics technician for energy and building technology
• electronics technician for devices and systems
• electronics technician for information and system technology
• electronics technician for machine and drive technology
• aircraft electronics technician
• automation technology (bachelor's studies)
• control engineering (bachelor's studies)

Learning objectives

The students are to:

• be able to understand the basic principles of control engineering and
• be able to understand and to parametrise the basic elements of control engineering.

Topics

The course covers the following topics:

• open-loop control
• closed-loop control
• analysis of controlled systems
• controlled systems with compensation
• higher-order controlled systems
• controlled systems without compensation
• controller types
• P, I, PI, PD and PID control
• automatic digital control

Previous knowledge

The students need to have a basic knowledge of electronic components in order to be able to complete the course successfully. Additionally, dealing with simple formulas is required.