Course Overview
This course covers Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) and their applications on ships. Students will develop control programs for marine applications on a PC using industrial software, connect process control sensors to PLC, transfer, test, and troubleshoot their programs on PLC. Tune a PID controller to maintain water level in a tank. Networking PLCs and protocols, alarm monitoring and interfacing, calibrating, troubleshooting and connecting process control sensors, and signal conversion analog to digital and digital to analog conversion. Testing and connecting silicone-controlled rectifiers (SCRs), MOSFETS, IGBTs, and their application in power electronics.
Prerequisite(s)
- Transport Canada, STCW Fourth-Class Motor Marine Engineering Certificate of Competency
Credits
8.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Build marine control programs on a PC and download and test the program on an industrial PLC.
- Tune a tank level PID controller to maintain level with varying load demands.
- Calibrate process sensors used on ships.
- Connect process control sensors to PLC and test the sensors.
- Describe different types of input and output modules required to interface field devices to a PLC.
- Convert digital signals to analog and convert analog signals to digital.
- Test a silicone-controlled rectifier (SCR) and build a simple control circuit using an SCR to control a motor.
- Connect a MOSFET to control the speed of a DC motor or the position of a linear actuator.
- Identify and test electronic devices: SCR, MOSFET, and IGBT.
- Connect and configure a PLC to a network in an electrical lab and calibrate it
Effective as of Winter 2026
Related Programs
Advanced Automation and Controls (MEOC 6120) is offered as a part of the following programs:
School of Transportation
- Marine Engineering
Advanced Diploma Full-time
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