Careers And Technical Programs Division

SPRING 2008 

COURSE OUTLINE ELE 1205 -PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS II

Thursday 6:00pm - 7:40pm, Lab 7:50pm - 9:30pm

 

Instructor: Jim Gibson

Phone: (815) 224-0455

Home Phone: (815) 925-7481

Office: D 107A

Office Hours:     M only    12:00 PM - 1 2:50 PM,     3:25 PM - 3:50 PM

                            T only    2:00 PM - 2:50 PM 

                           W only    12:00 PM - 12:50 PM,     4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

                            R only    12:00 PM - 2:50 PM

                        By appointment as needed.

Course Description: This course is a continuation of ELE 124, emphasizing PLC systems, advanced programming, networking, and troubleshooting. Lecture, two hours per week; lab, two hours per week.  

Text:   Programmable Logic Controllers. Petruzella.

            Lab Manual / CD

            Activities Manual

Prerequisite: ELE 1204, or Instructor consent

Course Objectives: Upon successfully completing this course, the student should have a working knowledge of the following:

    1. Sequencers
    2. Data Transfer
    3. Math Functions
    4. Process Control
    5. Networking

Grading:

            90 to 100 = A                                      Labs                             30%

            80 to 89 = B                                        Quizzes and Tests         30%

            70 to 79 = C                                        Midterm and Final        40%

            60 to 69 = D

Attendance: The policy of Illinois Valley Community College as to absences is as follows:

STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND ALL CLASSES REGULARLY. IF ABSENCE FROM CLASS IS UNAVOIDABLE, IT IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO EXPLAIN THE ABSENCE TO HIS INSTRUCTOR AND ARANGE TO COMPLETE ANY WORK MISSED. 

IF AN INSTRUCTOR FEELS THE NUMBER OF ACCUMULATED ABSENCES IS INTERFERING WITH THE STUDENT’S PROGRESS AND ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE COURS, THE STUDENT MAY BE DROPPED FROM THE COURSE WITHOUT NOTICE.

            Bad things will happen if you miss more than 1/15 the contact hours.

SPRING 2008 SCHEDULE

January 10 …………Introduction

January 17...………Review Programming

January 24...………Numbering Systems Review, Programming,

January 31...………Quiz 1, Charts, Types of Sequencers, Masking

February 7 ...…..… Test 1, SQO

February 14...…….. SQI, SQC, SQO

February 21...…….. SQO, timers

February 28……… Midterm Exam

March 6...……….. Data Transfer, Move, Comparators

March 13...……….. Shift Registers

March 20...……….. SPRING BREAK college closed

March 27 ……..….. Quiz 3, Combining Math Functions

April 3..…….……… Test 3, Process Control Block Diagrams

April 10….………… PID’s, Analogs, Networking

April 17……………  HMI’s

April 24 …………… Final Exam, Final Project