Course detail

Automatic Control Equipment

FSI-VPR Acad. year: 2025/2026 Summer semester

The course provides a fundamental overview of instrumentation and software-based tools and algorithms used in the automatic control of technological processes. Throughout the course, students will learn the theoretical foundations of electrical, software, and pneumatic tools applied in automation. These theoretical insights are complemented by practical experience, focusing on understanding the principles of these tools and developing the ability to apply acquired skills in real technical tasks. 

Supervisor

doc. Ing. Pavel Škrabánek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Automation and Computer Science

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Prerequisites

Prerequisites include basic knowledge of automatic control, mathematics, and physics at a level covered in prior university courses.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Language of instruction

Czech

Aims

The objective of the course is to familiarize students with electrical and pneumatic instrumentation and basic data processing algorithms used in control loops, examining their operating principles, roles within control circuits, and potential applications.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to operate, configure, and design control loops using electrical and pneumatic instrumentation, as well as implement basic data processing algorithms.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The study programmes with the given course

Programme B-STR-P: Engineering, Bachelor's
branch AIŘ: Applied Computer Science and Control, 5 credits, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Syllabus

A) Introduction



  • introduction,

  • general properties of automatic control instrumentation.


B) Instrumentation with electrical transmission of signals



  • sensors,

  • instrumentation for signal transformation,

  • controllers,

  • actuators.


C) Instrumentation with pneumatic transmission of signals



  • basic pneumatic elements,

  • basic pneumatic circuits.

Laboratory exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Syllabus

1. lessons with examples of control equipments
2. laboratory test with measuring of relay characteristics
3-6. lessons of identification of regulated system
7-12. lessons with examples of different regulated loops
13. discussion, summary.