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  1. a.  Handouts: "Electrical Safety",
    b. Get an account so you can use MS Project., 
    c.  Look up pricing on your system 
    d.  Read Chapter 1 of PLC textbook e.  see http://www.ab.com/manuals/cp/1747230.pdf for the SLC 500 family info. It is a 70 page PDF. to get pricing, click on "Shop On-Line" and use search feature.
     
  2. Read Chapter 2 of PLC textbook
     
  3. Read Chapter 5 of PLC textbook
     
  4. Read Chapter 6 of PLC textbook
     
  5. Read Chapter 7 of PLC textbook
     
  6. Finalize lab notebook
     
  7. a.  Read Chapter 12 (Transformers, power distribution) & pgs 263-268  (power supplies) of  ECE 31 textbook, "Electricity and Electronics" by Garrish/Dugger/Roberts.
    b.
      Virtual Classroom CD:  1) Virtual Classroom - a) Motor Physics - Overview and Basics, Step Motors (plus "Construction" video); b) Open Loop -Terminology thru Motor Windings
     
  8. Virtual Classroom CD:  1) Virtual Classroom - Open Loop - Current Control thru Linear Step Motors
     
  9. Virtual Classroom CD:  1) Virtual Classroom - a) Motion Controller
     
  10. a.  Virtual Classroom CD: Virtual Classroom - a) Motor Physics - Brushed Servo (plus Construction video), Brushless Servo
    b. 
    Print: "How to Set Up A Brushed Servo System"
  11. Virtual Classroom CD: Virtual Classroom - a) Closed Loop
     
  12. a.  Motor Sizing - size the bicycle rim
    b.  Read "The Myth of Inertia Matching"
     
  13. Virtual Classroom CD: Virtual Classroom - Positioning Systems
  14. Virtual Classroom CD: Engineering Reference - read pgs 99 to 105 - Servo Tuning, pgs 106 to 119 - Feedback Devices
  15. Print: "Matching Motors to Amplifiers"

  16. Virtual Classroom CD: Engineering Reference - read pgs 127 to 143 - I/O, Electrical Noise, E-stop circuits
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