Course detail

Special Physics

FAST-NBB009Acad. year: 2026/2027

Automated measuring and control systems - Sensors and transducers. Implementation of input and output. Introduction to the measurement and control system. Theory of automation, measurement and regulation. Instructions for selected devices. Practical exercise. Microprocessor programming application using Python or Matlab.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Luboš Pazdera, CSc.

Department

Institute of Physics (FYZ)

Entry knowledge

Basic methods of measurement, computer principles, data processing, input and output computers operations, knowledge of the computers programming.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

The graduate achieves the aim in the region of the quantity sensors and method of the electrical and non-electrical quantities measurement. He will learn about the conversion of the non-electrical quantities to electrical ones and he obtains the knowledge of the processing this signal by the computers. He acquires the application possibilities in the area of civil engineering.
Knowledge in the field of sensors and methods of measuring of the non-electrical and electrical quantities. Orientation in the field of transfer non-electrical quantities to electrical or optical signals and knowledge of the converted signal processing using computer technology. Knowledge and application overview of the opportunities and current trends in measurement.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPC-SIK Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Luboš Pazdera, CSc.

Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction: - automation from the point of view of physics, computers in the measurement process, economic benefit, qualitative benefit.
  • 2. Process automation
  • 3. Microcontrollers - management, hardware, software
  • 4. Control, bus, protocols
  • 5. Mathematical logic, binary system, Boolean algebra, representation of numbers
  • 6. Basics of electricity, circuits, electrical elements, simple electrical circuits in the process of automation, control and regulation
  • 7. Sensors and converters between electrical and non-electric quantities: sensors of pressure, temperature, mechanical stress, changes in length, changes in volume, amplifiers, filters, multiplexers, counters
  • 8. Programming in Python or Matlab using instructions to control devices
  • 9. Use of automation and regulation in the construction industry
  • 10. Excursion: demonstration of specialized research instruments.
  • 11. Processing of signals and data
  • 12. Application for environmental development
  • 13. Discussion, selection of student topics

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Luboš Pazdera, CSc.

Syllabus

  1. Introduction to Arduino nano and its programming
  2. Hello World and Blinking LED
  3. Traffic light control
  4. Digital inputs and reactions to the environment
  5. START/STOP for starting and stopping the operated machine
  6. Acoustic alarms
  7. Lighting - Photodiode and analog input
  8. Temperature measurement
  9. Compound conditions and combined algorithms
  10. Data outputs from microcontroller to PC
  11. Data processing in graphs and statistics
  12. Demonstration of automated data processing by professional equipment
  13. Summary