Course: Automation and Control in Agriculture I

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Course title Automation and Control in Agriculture I
Course code KZT/AŘZ1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šerý Michal, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Smutný Luboš, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Cybernetics and its history 2. - 4. Basic concepts of cybernetics such as system, variable, disturbance, links between systems, control, model, object, system structure, continuous and discrete system 5. - 7. Systems theory: object, system, model. Types of systems 8. - 11. Descriptions of systems - internal, external, continuous, discrete 12. - 14. Sensors and transducers of physical quantities used in automation

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Class attendance - 42 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 45 hours per semester
  • Preparation for classes - 40 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students will be introduced to basic concepts of technical cybernetics, information, analog and discrete signals, A/D, D/A, U/f, U/T, U/PWM, number/PWM converters, actuators, basic elements of control systems, feedback systems. Exercises will focus on specific examples of applications of the material discussed in agricultural practice.
The student is to understand the functioning of basic regulation circuits.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of differential and integral calculation.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance assessment

An active knowledge of the subject matter as presented by the teaching plan of the course.
Recommended literature
  • Čižmár,J. Meření nelektrických veličin I. díl. VA Brno, 1995.
  • Kotek, Z. a kol.:. Kybernetika. Praha, SNTL, 1990.
  • Krupka,Z., Řeřucha,V., Štefek,A. Automatické řízení I. díl. VA Brno, 2000.


Study plans that include the course
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