Course detail

Embedded Systems for Industrial Control

FEKT-MPA-ESIAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course aim is to introduce selected technical end ethical topics in English and to improve the presentation skills of the students in both English and Czech languages. Course includes a lecture on delivery of prtesentations and lectures on selected topics from the filed of embedded systems and industrial automation. Lectures are English language. In the last thord of the course students organized in teams present their chosen topics in English. The chosen topics are either strictly technical or the topic can adress engineering ethics issues related to safety, ecology and sustainability.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Petr Fiedler, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Control and Instrumentation (UAMT)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge of English at B2 level, at least partial knowledge of technical English, ability to speak in English.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Requirements for completion of a course are annually updated, are listed in the IS VUT and explained during the first lecture.
Each students have to deliver presentation on topic related to components of embedded systems.

Aims

The course aim is to introduce selected technical end ethical topics in English and to improve the presentation skills of the students in both English and Czech languages.
After the course student isc able to:
- deliver presentation on a chosen topic in Czech or in English
- estimate time needed for preparation of a quality presentation
- estimate time needed to deliver given topic and fit into the given time during presentation delivery
- choose suitable dress "level" for a given event
- explain basic principles and issues realted to team work

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Pont M.J., The Engineering of Reliable Embedded Systems (2nd Edition), Safetty Systems, 2017 (EN)
Smith,D., Simpson, K.,The Safety Critical Systems Handbook: A Straightforward Guide to Functional Safety, ISBN 9780128207000 (EN)

Recommended reading

https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen (EN)
https://www.ted.com/talks/john_la_grou_a_plug_for_smart_power_outlets (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MPC-KAM Master's 0 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Petr Fiedler, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Course rules, How to deliver presentations in Czech and in English
2. Risk and functional safety
3. Cybersecurity
4. Smart Grids
5. Physical layer, synchronization, coding and cabling
6. RS-232, RS-485, I2C
7.AS-interface bus and ASi-i Safety at Work
8. Ethernet and industrial Ethernet
9. Interoperability of communication systems
10. Student presentations
11. Student presentations
12. Student presentations
13. Student presentations