893325 Practical course in measurement systems and applied programming


Type
Practical course
Semester hours
3
Lecturer (assistant)
Organisation
Chemical and Energy Engineering
Offered in
Sommersemester 2025
Languages of instruction
Englisch

Content

During the practical course students will be introduced to basic measurement techniques (electrical and non-electrical quantities) as well as preparation and transmission of electrical signals for further processing in microcontroller systems.

The course offers a maker movement-inspired approach to control-based automated systems. Students get their hands on microcontroller-boards, sensory components, actuators and visualisation-hardware. Participants are introduced to basic programming by implementing simple control tasks on microcontroller-boards. After accomplishing these selected examples, students are free to start working on their own automation project. Therefore we grant access to our workshop for tinkering and 3D-printing. In case of lacking ideas, instructors will help to find an appropriate tasks. The final project is presented to the colleagues and a protocol has to be submitted after the course.

Equipment: Single-board-microcontroller and computers (e.g. Arduinos, Raspberry PIs), sensors (e.g. temperature, pressure, distance), actuators (e.g. stepper-, servomotors, speakers), visualization (LCD-, OLED-Displays, LEDs), soldering iron, wire, plywood, 3D-printer.

Please bring a laptop on which can be programmed!

Objective (expected results of study and acquired competences)

After joining this practical training, the student knows basic methods of measuring electrical and non-electrcial quantities as well as the transmission, processing and visualization in microcontroller-based computing systems. Basic skills in Arduino IDE and Python.
You can find more details like the schedule or information about exams on the course-page in BOKUonline.