Læringsutbytte

A candidate who has completed the course will have a learning outcome in the form of acquired knowledge, skills, and general competence, as described below.

Knowledge

The candidate will be able to:

• describe the interconnection of building blocks of SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) systems,
• explain communication strategies and protocols used in SCADA systems,
• describe the data flow in SCADA systems,
• explain the usage of real-time requirements in SCADA systems,
• explain the alarm system module in SCADA systems.

Skills

The candidate will be able to:

• design a SCADA system based on a set of requirements,
• develop a program for a PLC system,
• analyse the real-time requirements of a SCADA system,
• use different communication protocols for communication between modules in a SCADA system,
• design and implement a database for a process system.

General competence

The candidate will be able to:

• communicate acquired knowledge in some areas for industrial IT systems via technical report writing,
• present information from group projects, including a discussion with the audience.

Innhold

A SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) system consists of different hardware devices and software modules interconnected in a distributed architecture. The devices can be PLC (Programmable Logic Controllers), PAC (Programmable Automation Controllers), and DCS (Distributed Control Systems). The contents of the course will focus on the interconnection of such devices, distribution of information, real-time requirements and the usage of software modules like databases, user interface, alarm system and safety modules in a SCADA system. Subjects like testing, data security, hazardous locations and embedded systems will also be addressed regarding a SCADA system.

Arbeids- og læringsformer

Lectures, and theoretical and practical assignments.

An online, part-time version of the IIA study programme was started Fall 2015 (then denoted SCE - Systems and Control Engineering). An online version of the present course is taught according to the online, part-time IIA study programme. The course will continue to be taught as a traditional campus-based course, as well. The course contents and the learning material used in the course will be the same in the online and the campus-based programmes, however with some differences in the organization of the course: In the online version of the course, there are no ordinary lectures. A number of relevant videos produced by the instructor(s), or external videos, are provided, both for the online course and for the campus-based course. In the online course, laboratory assignments will be organized at a gathering on the campus at the end of the semester.

Vurderingsformer

A set of mandatory assignments count 30% of the final grade and an individual written final test counts 70% of the final grade. There will only be one common grade for all the assignments. Grades A to F are used. All mandatory assignments and the final test must be passed to get a final grade better than F. No study aids are permitted on the final test.

The assignments and the final test are used to assess knowledge and skills. The laboratory tasks are used to assess knowledge, skills and general competence.

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