COM4LAB: Introduction to Control Engineering

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

Total duration: Up to 6 hours

Target audiences

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

• electronics technician for automation technology
• electronics technician for energy and building technology
• electronics technician for devices and systems
• electronics technician for information and systems technology
• electronics technician for machine and drive technology
• aircraft electronics technician
• automation technology (Bachelor's degree programme)
• control engineering (Bachelor's degree programme)

Learning objectives

The students should:

• understand the basic principles of control and regulation technology
• and understand and be able to parameterise the basic elements of control engineering.

Topics

The following topics are covered in the course:

• control chain
• control loop
• analysis of controlled systems
• controlled systems with compensation
• higher-order controlled systems
• controlled systems without compensation
• types of controllers
• P, I, PI, PD and PID control
• digital control

Previous knowledge

Students need basic previous knowledge of electronic components in order to successfully complete the course. The use of simple formulae is a prerequisite.