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EE598
Digital Systems and Control
No. of hours per week: two hours
Prerequisites: EE489 Control Systems, SM494
Engineering Mathematics
Instruction: lecturedtutorialdlaboratory
Assessment: examination/assignment
Subject aims
To consolidate the work on systems and control in earlier years
by introducing sampling and discrete data in feedback systems,
the principles of process control and techniques of computer
based control including interfacing and data acquisition.
Subject description
Design of control systems to meet a set of specifications.
Classical methods of lead-lag networks and PID controllers
from root locus and frequency domain approach. Commercial
packages and PLC's.
Algorithms suitable for compensation using computer based
control systems.
State variable feedback and design of continuous and discrete
time multivariable control systems to meet a set of
specifications.
Advanced topics of adaptive control and optimisation.
TextsIReferences
Chase, F. Dlagram Sets in Process Control and Computer Interfac~ng.
1989
Franklin, G.F., Powell, J.D. and Workman, M.L. D~gital Control of
Dynamic Systems. 2nd edn, Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1990
Kuo, B. Digital Control Systems.Holt, New York, Rinehart and Winston,
. 1980
Shlnskey, F. Process Control Systems: ~pplication Des~gn and Tuning.
p 3rd edn, New York. McGraw-Hill. 1988
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~~741 Computer Systems and Software
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No. of hours per week: four hours
Prerequisites: satisfactory completion of the first
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year of the graduate diploma course in computer
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systems engineering or a four year degree in
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3 engineeringlscience
Instruction: lecturellaborato~
Assessment: laboratory exercised
assignmenWtests
Subject aims
The aim of the subject is for students to develop a sound
understanding of: advanced software engineering principles
and techniques applicable to computer based systems in
engineering; the fundamental elements of operating systems
as a base for advanced studies in real-time systems.
Subject description
Principles of software engineering including requirement
analysis, specification, design, verification and quality
assurance.
Operating systems including the internal structure and
operation of the UNlX operating system using MlNlX as a case
study.
Texts
Jones, G.W. Software Engineering. New York. Wiley, 1990
Tanenbaum, A.S. Operating Systems: Design and Implementation.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1987
References
IEEE Software Magazines
Kelley, A. and Pohl, I. A Book on C: Programming in C. 2nd edn,
Redwood City, Calif., Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company, 1990
Silberschatz, A,, Peterson, J.L. and Galvin, P.B. Operating System
Concepts. Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1991
Weste, N, and Eshragian, K. Principles of CMOS VLSl Design: A Systems
Perspective. Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1985
~~742 Computer Communications
No. of hours per week: four hours
Prerequisites: satisfactory completion of the first
year of the Graduate Diploma in Computer
Systems Engineering or a four year degree in
engineeringlscience
Instruction: lecturellaboratory
Assessment: laboratory/tutorial exercisesltest
Subject aims
To introduce students to the basic concepts and techniques of
data communications, computer networks and layered
protocols.
Subject description
Review of basic concepts used in data communications:
modulation, multiplexing, codecs and modems.
Data transmission: media, waveforms, impairments,
intersymbol interference.
Coding and framing: PCM, source coding, synchronous and
asynchronous transmission, error checking and control,
interfaces, computer transmission.
Overview of data switching: circuit switching, message
switching, packet switching, event timinq, network control
routing, flow control.
Networks: topologies, point-to-point networks, switched
exchanges, packet switched services.
Local area networks: low cost networks, linear networks, ring
networks, fibreoptic networks, servers, broadbend networks.
Protocols: layering, IS0 standard, communication layers, LAN
protocols, IEEE802, transport layer, application layer.
Overview of integration of digital services: ISDN, electronic
messaging, MAP, TOF!
References
Beauchamp, K.G. Computer Communications. 2nd edn, Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1990
Cole, R. Computer Communications. 2nd edn, Basingstoke, Macmillan,
1989
Halsall, F. Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open
Systems. 3rd edn, Wokingham, England, Addison-Wesley, 1992
Helmers, S.A. Data Communications: Beginner's Guide to Concepts
and Technology. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1989
Housley, T. Data Communications and Teleprocessing Systems. 2nd
edn, Enqlewood Cliffs. N.J.. Prentice Hall. 1987
stalling< W. Data andcomputer ~ommunications. 4th edn, New York,
Macmillan. 1994
Tanenbaum, A.S. Computer Networks. 2nd edn, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,
Prentice Hall, 1989