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Embedded automation (5 cr)

Code: ST00BH15-3013

General information


Enrollment

08.11.2021 - 21.11.2021

Timing

01.01.2022 - 01.05.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

RDI portion

1 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Electrical Engineering, Building Services and Material Technology

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Electrical and Automation Engineering

Teachers

  • Harri Kosonen

Teacher in charge

Harri Kosonen

Groups

  • STMI21SPB
    Electrical and Automation Engineering, full-time studies

Objective

You familiarize yourself with programmable microcontrollers. You understand the difference between analog and digital information in terms of microcontroller interfaces. You can connect different sensors to microcontrollers and you can fit devices with different voltage levels to controllers. You know how to use the C programming language to gather data from sensors and you can save and edit it.

Content

How does a microcontroller work? What is the difference between analog and digital signal processing with controllers? How to convert a real-life phenomenon into information understood by microcontrollers? How do you implement control systems into real technical systems? How do you control power with microcontrollers?

Evaluation scale

1-5