893325 Practical course in measurement systems and applied programming

Type
Practical course
Semester hours
3
Lecturer (assistant)
Muhr, Christopher , Kirschner, Philip , Wolf, Magdalena , Wöß, David
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.