Module Descriptors
CONTROL TECHNOLOGY
XXAT50362
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Samuel Wane
Email: S.O.Wane@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • ASSIGNMENT weighted at 50%
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Indicative Content
Transducers and interfacing to a PC.
A PC programming language to read sensor data and act upon it.
Effects of interfacing, sampling rate and quantisation.
Basic control of a servo system, highlighting effects of altering gain: speed of response and overshoot.
Methods of modelling and simulating real systems
PLC systems and ladder diagrams.
Module Texts
Control Systems Engineering, N. Nise, John Wiley & Sons; 5th International Student Edition, 2008, ISBN-10: 0470169974, ISBN-13: 978-0470169971
Control Systems, W. Bolton, Elsevier, 2004, ISBN: 0-7506-5461-9
Engineering Systems Modelling and Control, M. Hargreaves, Longman, 1996, ISBN: 0-582-23419-0
Control Engineering, W. Bolton, Prentice Hall, 1998, ISBN: 0-582-32773-3
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Pre-requisite - CE00023-4 Mathematics for Technology or equivalent.
Module Resources
Control Laboratory facilities.
Module Learning Strategies
You will receive a mixture of lectures (2 hours per week), tutorials (1 hour per week) and case studies to demonstrate the above.

This module may be delivered full-time on a block delivery basis by West Cheshire College.
Module Additional Assessment Details
In course assessment (50%), 1 assignment - Practical experiment and report which will assess Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
Examination (50%) which will assess Learning Outcome 1 and 3.