| 1. | Course Title | Advanced PLC Systems and Industrial Internet of Things | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ01008 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 2-EMA, 6-ARSI, 9-VMS | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Gorjan Nadzinski | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
This course will introduce the students to the concepts of hierarchical PLC systems. With the completion of the course, the students will become capable of working with networked and multilayered hierarchical PLC systems, and of designing more complex PLC systems by considering all necessary hardware and software related factors. They will also be able to implement state-of-the-art methods from industrial Internet of things for control, supervision, optimization, and security when working with actual industrial systems. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
PLC as a part of the distributed and hierarchical control systems. Communication protocols between PLCs from different suppliers. Interoperability standards. System integration platforms for PLCs. Text-based programming languages for PLC. Basic concepts of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0. Cyber-physical systems in industry and manufacturing, modeling, identification, and evaluation of cyber-physical systems. Industrial communication and networking: industrial communication protocols and standards, cryptographic security of industrial communication. The role of AI in industry: smart factories, machine learning for industrial process optimization. BigData: working with large quantities of data, acquisition, manipulation, sorting, analysis, BigData in industry. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Slide presentations, interactive lectures, exercises (use of equipment and software), teamwork, case studies, invited guest lecturers, independent preparation and defense of project and seminar work, learning in digital environment (forums, consultations). |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | Successfully completed project assignment. | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment |
The students are obliged to complete and present a project assignment during the semester. A final written and/or oral exam is scheduled during the exam sessions. The students complete the course if they pass the final exam and had previously completed and presented the project assignment during the semester. The final grade takes into account the points from both the final exam and the project assignment. |
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| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | L. A. Bryan, E. A. Bryan | Programmable Controllers: Theory and Implementation | Industrial Text Company | 1997 | |||||||||
| 2. | Manesis, Nikolakopoulos | Introduction to Industrial Automation | CRC Press | 2018 | |||||||||
| 3. | S. Jeschke, et. al. | Industrial Internet of Things | Springer | 2017 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | T. Devezas, J. Leitao, A. Sarygulov | Industry 4.0 | Springer | 2017 | |||||||||
