Conference Session

Contemporary Instrumentation Poster Session

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Robertson, Arizona State University; Barbara Rampel, Arizona State University; James Edwards, Raytheon

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

engineering function throughout the product life-cycle.For those involved in the process of system design and validation, the important jobfeatures are: Plan all data acquisition and its management over the whole life of the product. Recognize that the quantity of data will be large. Organize the data structure to facilitate the way it will be used. Have consistent descriptions for all variables with complete supporting Page 13.672.6 documentation. No mistakes with units and conversions. Build-in adequate scope for calibration and validation. Assume no data will ever again be lost or destroyed. Never

Conference Session

Developing New Instrumentation

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Liping Guo, Northern Illinois University; Recayi 'Reg' Pecen

Tagged Divisions

Instrumentation

solutions to real needs 8-10.Students were expected to complete an extensive PLC design project based on the topicscovered in the PLC course11-12. The project involves a proposed problem and solutionwith programming of ladder logic program. The final project technical report format andprofessional class presentation include the following contents:1) A brief description and purpose of the project.2) Plans, literature search, illustrations, schematic drawings and simulations3) A written summary of the activities performed to complete the project4) A power point based professional presentation and discussion in the class5) Results, conclusions, and recommendations.The design project started with a project proposal. The project proposal explains