Careers And Technical Programs Division

SPRING 2012

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: W only            2:30 PM - 5:50 PM

                        R only             3:00 PM - 5:50 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. 4th ed

            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.  ( You or your grade will be dropped )

CLASSROOM ETIQUETTE: IVCC has adopted official policies which address student rights, academic integrity, and student code of conduct. These policies are outlined in the IVCC Student Handbook and they address such things as cheating, harassment, and verbal abuse. The listing will serve as a guideline for our class in terms of what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior. Please review the policies when you have time.

 CHEATING POLICY: Cheating is not tolerated and any student caught cheating will automatically receive a ZERO for that exam or quiz and may be withdrawn from the course. 

NOTICE TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES:  If you are a student with a cognitive, physical or psychiatric disability you may be eligible for academic support services such as extended test time, texts on tape, note-taking services, etc.... If you are interested in receiving academic support services, please contact the Special Populations Office at 224-0284, office B-204 and inform your instructors.  Also, please speak with me during the first week of class so I can offer any assistance as your instructor.

SPRING 2012 SCHEDULE

January 12 …………Introduction

January 19 ...………Review Programming

January 26 ...………Numbering Systems Review, Programming,

February 2...………Quiz 1, Charts, Types of Sequencers, Masking

February 9  ...…..… Test 1, SQO

February 16...…….. SQI, SQC, SQO

February 23...…….. SQO, timers

March 1       ……… Data Transfer, Move, Comparators

March 8  ...……….. Midterm Exam

March 15...……….. Shift Registers

March 22...……….. Quiz 3, Combining Math Functions

March 29  ……..….. SPRING BREAK college closed

April 5..…….……… Test 3, Process Control Block Diagrams

April 12….………… PID’s, Analogs, Networking

April 19……………  HMI’s

April 26 …………… Review, Program

May 3    …………… Final Exam, Final Project