This subject is part of the Common module for the Industrial Branch, which aims to provide students with basic training, both theoretical and practical, in the fundamental concepts related to the automation of industrial processes, as well as the analysis and design of control systems.
As a result, in this subject, the fundamental concepts related to the modeling of discrete event logic systems using Petri Nets as well as their implementation in programmable controllers (PLC) are presented in a first block of content. The second block of contents introduces the fundamentals associated with the theory of dynamic systems, including modeling, representation, and analytical study, as well as topics relating to the design and analysis of controllers that are integrated into the control feedback loop.
In both the theoretical and practical laboratory sessions, special emphasis will be placed on the multidisciplinary nature of the subject. In this way, in both content blocks application problems are raised in very diverse fields (electricity, mechanics, thermodynamics, chemistry, pneumatics, logistics, biology, robotics and communications), although special attention is paid to applications related to electrical and mechanical engineering.
