Design and implementation of laboratory equipment for the realization of practices of the subjects control and instrumentation theory

The objective of this project is to analyze the micro curricular structure of the subjects theory of control, which are dictated in the schools of electrical, computer and near future engineering in the School of Electronic Engineering; To depend on the theoretical concepts reviewed there, establish a practice plan according to the technological moment and with the local reality. In turn, this practice plan will be the basis for the design and subsequent implementation of the basic and necessary laboratory equipment for the observation and verification of the different techniques used to achieve the proper functioning of both analog and digital automatic controllers. Other subjects, such as industrial instrumentation and control, may also use these equipment; Since the implementation of an automatic controller demands the knowledge and use of known theories to understand the operation of various devices such as signal sensors, actuators, electronic power controllers, which are analyzed and studied in the aforementioned subjects. Other areas of the technique also have participation, such as power electronics, analog signal electronics and digital electronics, since the physical implementation of the equipment raised also entails the design and assembly of different electronic modules that will fulfill the task of processing and controlling the signals that exist inside the automatic control systems. The fundamental support that are basic sciences, specifically physics and mathematics, can not be neglected, since with them the mathematical models (transfer functions) that will allow the subsequent simulation of the control systems with which a certain practical verification is carried out can be obtained. In this way, students of electronic, electronic and computer engineering careers may experience with real situations the different theories reviewed in class, and that it is not always possible that they are understood in all their details and practical implications through purely masterful teaching methodologies. Thus, it will be sought and then a significant learning of this scientific and technological area that has taken great importance in modern life will be achieved. The number of equipment to be built will be five units. This amount has been chosen for two reasons basically: the first has to do with the availability of physical space. In the electric machines laboratory, which is where the equipment will be placed, it is arranged for the time of an area (which can be used for these purposes) of 24 square meters; If we consider that each equipment must require approximately 2.5 square meters plus 1.5 square meters for circulation, we have 4 square meters for each equipment. It is also considered that in each of them they can practice two students at the same time. This will be occupied approximately 20 square meters in this laboratory, leaving a 4 -meter free space for the teacher's job, and for storage shelves. The other reason has to do with the number of students who will carry out the practices in each session. It has been convenient that they are 10, since the average number of students who study the subject control theory in each study cycle is usually approximately 20, so practices could be carried out in two weekly sessions for a certain group or parallel. In addition, this amount seems to be adequate for the teacher to carry out a process of accompanying personalized learning.

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