Course detail
Communication Systems in Industrial Automation
FEKT-MPC-KTAAcad. year: 2023/2024
The course focuses on communication subsystems in the field of automation technology, ie distributed control systems. Practical experience will be gained by students with RS-485 industrial communication systems as a typical representative of bus technology. Thei will also get familiar with selected Ethernet, Internet and wireless networks. Students will deepen their knowledge about open communications, standards and quasi-standards of industrial networks and their implementation with an emphasis on lower protocol layers. Students are also acquainted with the basic aspects of risk analysis as a basis for functional safety and cybersecurity.
Language of instruction
Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Entry knowledge
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
upto 70 (50+20) points from examination.
Examination has two compulsary parts - written part (5 questions 10 point each) and verbal part.
To qualify for verbal part it is necessary to gain at least 24 points from the written one, no two questions from the written part can be evaluated as zero. To pass the exam it is necessary to gain at least 10 point in the verbal part.
Exam is focused to evaluate general knowledge in the field of serial communication technologies, fieldbuses, functional safety and security.
Lab activities are compulsory, missed labs will be handled individually and usually can be performed according to lecturer's instructions (usually can be performed in the last week of semester).
Aims
After completition of the course students will be able to>
- describe layers of the OSI model,
- explain "communication in real time",
- list and briefly describe some of the deterministic communication solutions,
- describe most distinguishing features of RS-232, RS-485, CAN, Modbus, Ethernet and Industrial Ethernet,
- explain basic principles of functional safety,
- briefly describe bacis security building blocks,
- discuss advantages and disadvantages of selected communication technologies,
- provide qualified guess on relevance of functional safety standards for a given application,
- based on given requirements select suitable communication technology for a given task.
Study aids
Prerequisites and corequisites
- recommended co-requisite
Electromagnetic Field Modeling
Basic literature
Smejkal V.: Bezpečnostní aspekty Průmyslu 4.0, Data Security Management, Ročník XXII, č.3/2018 (dostupné elektronicky v IS VUT) (CS)
Zezulka et al., Automatizace procesů (elektronický text), kapitola 5, 2014 (CS)
Recommended reading
Classification of course in study plans
- Programme MPC-KAM Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
2. Functions of individual layers.
3. Communication cables, shielding, reflections on lines, bus termination methods
4. Lowest Interface, RS-232, RS-485.
5. Access methods.
6. CAN and Physical Layers (High Speed Can, CAN Single Wire CAN).
7. FD CAN, LIN
8. Ethernet
9. Industrial Ethernet and real-time communication methods
10. Wireless networks in automation
11. Risk, a brief introduction to rational risk management
12. Fundamentals of functional safety
13. Fundamentals of cyber security
Laboratory exercise
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
Physial layer RS 232, RS485
Utilization of industrial buses with PLCs
Ethernet
Prezentation of individual lab activities