ELE 512
Industrial Electronic Design
3
Course Description
Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. explain basic elements of Industrial motor control: determine the use of different control
devices and motor starters;
2. understand fundamental elements of power electronic: diode-based rectifiers, harmonics
and PF distortion, thyristor principles and control, tyristor-based rectifier and inverter;
3. explain the operation of cycloconverter; SCR-based converter and triggering range and
firing angles;
4. analyse DC-to-DC switching converters, DC-to-AC switching converters and analyse PWM
techniques in dc switching; and
5. understand electronic Control of DC and AC Motors.
Course Outline
Solid-state devices and circuits; Programmable controllers; Thyristors; Lasers; Fiber optics ;
Power supplies; Op-amp circuits; Open- and closed-loop (feedback) systems; Input devices
;Output devices; AC and DC motors; Motor control devices; Robots and other motion control
systems; Data communications.