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SIP401C
Electronics for Automated Controls
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This introductory course covers solid-state devices applicable to motor controls. Prewired circuits range from solid-state diodes to linear and digital power control devices, located on two insertion panels.
The comprehensive laboratory manual contains background discussion, experimental tests and measurements, and review questions for each experiment. Included are many illustrations and circuit applications.
COURSE TIME: 40 hours
FEATURES
 | Electronic Devices for Electric Power Control |
| Solid-State and Electromechanical Devices |
| Prewired Circuits for Rapid Learning |
| Basic Motor Control Power Devices |
| Serves as Foundation for Programmable Logic Controllers |
| Optical Encoders and Hall-Effects |
EXPERIMENTAL TOPICS
- An Introduction to Automated Systems
- Solid-State Power: Diodes, Rectifiers, Regulators
- Transistors and Operational Amplifiers
- Basic Logic Concepts and Circuits
- Oscillators, Generators, and Filters
- Optoelectronic Devices: Light Emitters, Sensors, Couplers, and Fibers
- Thyristors: The SCR, Diac, and Triac
- Solid-State Mechanical Motion Sensors: Hall-Effect and Proximity
EQUIPMENT (Included)
| SIP401-1P. Solid State Devices Panel |
| SIP401-2P. Electronics for Automated Controls Panel |
| S377-CA. Fiber Optic Cable, 1/2 Meter |
| SIP401M. Laboratory Manual |
POWER BASE REQUIRED
(1) S450C
Smart Builder or
(1) S300PSB
Power Supply Base
WEIGHT OF INCLUDED
EQUIPMENT
7.0 lbs
OTHER SUGGESTED COURSES
HIGHER LEVEL COURSES:
SIC403C. Electrical Machines and Control
Circuits
SIP405C. Programmable Controller
Applications
SIP410C. Programmable Fluid
Controllers
OPTIONAL COURSES:
SIP380AC. Instrumentation Transducers
SIP390C. Digital Techniques
S400C. Programmable Logic Controllers