UNITRAIN

MULTIMEDIA
DESKTOP LAB
Learning – Experimenting – Understanding
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CONTENTS
Knowledge and practical skills 4
Blended learning 6
UniTrain: Motivated learning with a method 8
More than a training system 10
An entire lab in a single device 12
System components - ideal for experimenting 14
Complex material presented lucidly 16
LabSoft - a multimedia learning environment 18
Saving time for the essentials: LabSoft Classroom Manager 20
Everything under control at all times: Manager and Reporter 22
The right content at your finger tips: Editor and Questioner 24
Learning checks made easy: TestCreator and exercise collections 26
Courses 28
Electrical fundamentals 30
Electronics 32
2-mm EloTrain plus-in system 34
Digital- / microcomputer technology 36
Building management systems 38
Power engineering 39
Power electronics & electric machines 40
Communication technology 42
Measurement technology 46
Automatic control technology 47
Automation technology 48
Process technology 49
Pneumatics / Hydraulics 49
Mechatronics 50
Automotive technology 52
Accessories 56

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 KNOWLEDGE
AND PRACTICAL SKILLS
Training with our educationally optimized systems combines acquisition
of knowledge with a high level of hands-on, vocational qualifications.
This turns knowledge into skill and gives rise to the practical competence
required by industry and trade in professional life.

Continuously being advanced and expanded, the UniTrain system has

played a leading role here for almost 15 years, and has become one of
the world‘s largest and most versatile multimedia training systems for
aspiring electrical engineers.
Jörg Sprengepiel
Product Manager, UniTrain 1 device with more than 120 measuring instru-
ments and sources
„UniTrain® with its
The core is the UniTrain interface, a portable, PC-based measurement
­diversity of experimen-
and control interface which provides the functionality of a complete
tal multimedia courses electrical laboratory in a single device. Available here are more than 120
is unique in the field instruments and sources for measuring, controlling, programming and
analysing.
of technical training”
More than 130 learning programs
A combination of more than 130 learning programs with associated
experimentation hardware allows all areas of electrical engineering to
be explored. Besides imparting the necessary expertise, the learning pro-
grams ensure successful and safe experimentation, thereby uniting theo-
ry and practice to provide a highly efficient learning environment.

Authoring tools and administration

The LabSoft Classroom Manager included is an extensive software packa-
ge for electronic management of users and learning programs. Whether
it be administering educational content and users, monitoring learning
progress or independently creating exercises, courses and exams, no wish
goes unfulfilled.

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 Courses compatible with
learning management systems
BLENDED LEARNING
Individual learning - the key to success
The ever growing availability of the Internet has revolutionized educa- With its open multimedia courses, the UniTrain system has pursued this
tion in recent years. Digital learning media have established themselves approach for many years, thus enabling it to be deployed in diverse
to become an indispensable part of flexible and individualized training learning scenarios. The multimedia courses are closely aligned with in-
concepts. ternational standards to allow their integration into numerous learning
management systems.

Recreation

Laboratory Workplace

Your benefits

ü One system – many applications

ü For the classroom, laboratory, workplace and recreation
ü For independent studies, laboratory internships and teaching
ü Stand-alone, in a network, or as part of a learning management system (LMS)

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UNITRAIN – MOTIVATED LEARNING WITH A METHOD
A single system for comprehensive technical training
Gaining knowledge and practical skills in increasingly complex technical A combination of learning programs with a fully equipped electrical labo-
systems in ever shorter time cycles is the major challenge for present-day ratory in just one mobile interface enables efficient transfer of theoretical
and future technical training. This challenge can be met with the help and practical skills at any place and any time.
of the UniTrain system, a computer-aided, multimedia system for experi-
mentation and training in electrical engineering and electronics.

NEW: Internal Wifi module

2 Virtual instruments
120 virtual instruments for interface control

1 UniTrain interface 3
Measurement and control interface:
Analog / digital measurement inputs and voltage
­sources for experiments

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 3 LabSoft course
Over 130 learning programs with experiment hardware
from all areas of electrical engineering

Your benefits

ü Universal training system

ü Mobile and useable anywhere
ü Promotes individual learning
ü Practical competence through practical experimentation
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ü High motivation through dynamic requirements
ü For the entire field of electrical engineering
ü Safe experimentation with safety extra-low voltages
ü Combination of theory and practice in learning programs

Product video
Convince yourself of the advantages.

3 3 4 Experimenter
Mounting of experiment cards and additional voltage
outputs (three-phase)

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MORE THAN A TRAINING SYSTEM
UniTrain lab for vocational training 1
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1 Presentation tools
Survey what has been learned and explore complex topics and experi-
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ments, together.

2 Total control with Labsoft Classroom Manager

Central administration of users, groups and LabSoft courses: Check lear-
ning progress, edit courses, create own courses and exams.

3 LabSoft courses
Conduct LabSoft courses with the help of text, graphics, animations,
experiments and test questions to obtain solid expertise and practical
skills.

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 4 Server-PC
Store and manage learning
5 programs and data centrally in a
network.

5 Sideboards –
for storing courses
Clearly arranged storage for quick
retrieval.

6 Multimedia tables
3 Network connections and power
supplies are concealed in ducts
beneath moveable tabletops.

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AN ENTIRE LAB IN A SINGLE DEVICE
UniTrain interface and its instruments
The UniTrain interface is a PC-based measurement and control interface.
Its inputs and outputs are controlled via virtual instruments on a PC. More
Your benefits
than 120 different measuring instruments and sources are available.
ü Mobile, handy and ready for quick use everywhere
ü Universal operating concept for all instruments for faster
familiarization
ü Able to replace an entire range of devices
ü A lab which is always at hand
More than 120 instruments ü Safety ensured thanks to extra-low voltage
in a single device!

1 Measurement inputs
• Bandwidth: 10 MHz
• Sampling rate:
100 MSamples
• Measurement ranges:
100 mV to 50 V
• Oscilloscope time ranges:
100 ns – 10 s

2 Analog output
• -10 V to 10 V,
DC to 5 MHz

3 Digital inputs /outputs

• 16 Bit, DC to 100 kHz

4 Bus connection for ­

experiment hardware and
voltage supply
• Three-phase output
0 - 14 VRMS, DC to 150 Hz
• Fixed voltages
5 V, +/- 15 V

5 Relay connections
• 8 relays for manual
control and automatic
fault ­insertion

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SYSTEM COMPONENTS - IDEAL FOR EXPERIMENTING
Diverse connection options: Experimenter, boards or plug-in systems
For experimentation, the interface permits connection of diverse experi- Large boards are available for circuits with large mechatronic componen-
ment hardware from the UniTrain courses. Electric and electronic circuits ts; the Elotrain experimenter is connected to the interface for the courses
on standard, industrial European-format cards or breadboards are cou- of the EloTrain plug-in system.
pled to the interface via experimenters.

Your benefits

ü High flexibility
ü Experiments with circuits, industrial components or
plug-in modules
ü Control and voltage supply via the interface
ü Short setup times

Interface with large experiment board

Interface with experimenters hosting experiment cards

Interface with EloTrain experimenter for plug-in modules

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COMPLEX MATERIAL PRESENTED LUCIDLY
UniTrain courses – learning programs with matching experiment hardware
UniTrain courses combine interactive learning programs with experiment Animations and graphics facilitate comprehension and step-by-step un-
hardware that fits the content. Experimentation with real parts and in- derstanding of experiment set-ups.
dustrial components reinforces acquired knowledge and imparts practi-
Openly structured courses in HTML provide all possible options of mo-
cal, hands-on skills. Questions for self-testing, direct feedback as well as
difying and fine-tuning courses. In addition, courses can be supplied in
constant alternating between theoretical and practical segments promo-
all languages supported by HTML.
te learning.

More than 130 courses

for technical training

Your benefits

ü More than 130 courses from the entire spectrum of

technical education
ü Theoretical and practical competence combined
in a single learning unit
ü Animations, graphics, experiments, self-test que-
stions and troubleshooting to support learning
ü Educationally oriented experimentation hardware
with industrial components
ü HTML-based multimedia courses
ü All courses editable
ü Language diversity: All HTML-languages realizable

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LABSOFT – A MULTIMEDIA LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
Everything from a single source
LabSoft is a convenient user interface for visualizing learning programs LabSoft, a system with diverse installation options: Local, networked or
and controlling instruments. A navigation window provides free and di- in combination with a learning management system.
rect access to all course contents. The UniTrain interface is controlled via
integrated virtual instruments Your benefits
All measurement results and answers obtained in the course are saved Direct access to all course content via a navigation tree
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automatically for each user. This permits easy tracking of the respective
ü Interface control via virtual instruments
learning progress.
ü User-specific login and storage of results
ü Storage of measurement results and measurement
curves
ü Operation locally, in a network, or in combination with
an LMS
ü Language diversity: All HTML-languages realizable

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 With a desktop, laptop or tablet pc

The UniTrain interface or other connected devices are controlled via integrated virtual
instruments.
The navigation window provides free and direct access to all course content. Measure-
ment results can be saved within the courses.

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SAVING TIME FOR THE ESSENTIALS
LabSoft Classroom Manager Suite –
Administration, customization, testing and evaluation
LabSoft Classroom Manager Suite is an extensive administration software for the UniTrain-system and all LabSoft courses. The Classroom Manager‘s
apps are optimized for the related applications to facilitate daily routines.

Your benefits

ü Intuitive operation via graphic user interfaces

ü Easy installation
ü No need for any additional database or server systems
ü Operable in the local network or Intranet

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Manager - minimise administrative effort Questioner – create questions and measurement
exercises
• Everything under control: Manage students, student
groups and content. • Knowledge tests: Create measurement exercises and
• Appropriate content at all times: Provide only the quizzes for courses and exams.
required courses for student groups. • Diverse types of question: Single answer, multiple
choice, filling in blanks, and more.

Reporter – everything at a glance TestCreator - check knowledge and skills

• Tracking learning progress: Retrieve processing sta- • Progress checks: Compile exams and tests from sets
tuses and test results. of questions.
• Focusing: Assessments of users, group tests and • Optional: Numerous, finished assignment sets with
courses. questions and measurement exercises.

Editor – customize subject matter

• Customization: Adapt courses to individual require-

ments.
• Innovation: Create new courses.

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EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL AT ALL TIMES
Manager and Reporter –
Electronic aids for preparation and follow-up

Manager Reporter

Make your life easier and utilize the benefits of managing students Retrieve learning progress and test results with the LabSoft Reporter.
and courses electronically. This saves time and paper. Clearly arranged selection functions lead to quick evaluation results.

Window configuration: Basic settings for LabSoft installation Assessment of group exam results

Your benefits

ü Electronic assessment of learning progress

ü Graphic presentation of processing status
ü Representation of individual or group results
ü Assessments of courses and tests
ü Extensive search functions quickly leading to the
desired assessments

Window groups: Define groups comprising selected users and subject matter

Your benefits

ü Administration of the entire LabSoft installation

ü Unlimited number of users and courses
(learning programs)
ü Creation and admin. of users and subject matter
ü Creation and administration of student groups
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THE RIGHT CONTENT AT YOUR FINGER TIPS
Editor and Questioner –
Course customization: Independently create courses and exercises

Editor Questioner

Use the LabSoft editor to tailor your LabSoft courses to students‘ cur- The LabSoft questioner offers many types of question for configuring
rent needs. Create your own questions, experiments, measurement quizzes, measurement exercises and exam problems. The exercises
exercises and courses, which then become immediately available to and questions can be used for courses as well as tests.
students.

The Editor‘s numerous wizards and an extensive help function facili-

tate course creation.

Single-choice question: Question and answer options are formulated, and the correct
answers are subsequently determined with a mouse click.

New pages can be added to a course with just a few mouse clicks. Various different Your benefits
options for addition are available.
ü Simple creation of interactive exercises and
Your benefits ­questions
ü Availability of diverse question types
ü Editing and adaptation of existent courses ü Freely selectable tolerance ranges for measurement
ü Independent creation and editing of new courses exercises
ü Import of individual pages or chapters ü Use of questions for exams as well as learning
ü Preview of created pages in editing mode (wysiwyg) programs
ü Automatic provision of newly created courses
in LabSoft

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LEARNING CHECKS MADE EASY
TestCreator –
Create exams with theoretical questions and practical exercises

TestCreator

Create tests in the TestCreator quickly and easily with just a few
mouse clicks. For this, use questions created independently in the
questioner, or finished exercise collections containing questions and
measurements to review acquired knowledge and practical skills. The
exercise collections regarding various topics are available separately
and can be combined as desired in the TestCreator.

Selection of exam problems via drag-and-drop Test conduction in LabSoft

Your benefits

ü Creation of electronic exams with just a few mouse

clicks
ü Review of acquired knowledge and practical skills
ü Manual or automatic exam creation
ü Availability of numerous optional assignment collec-
tions
ü Question pool extensible at all times

Exercise collections with prepared assignments

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OUR COURSE PROGRAM
• Electrical fundamentals
• Electronics
• 2-mm plug-in system
• Digital and microcomputer technology
• Building management systems
• Power engineering
• Power electronics
• Electrical machines
• Communication technology
• Measurement and control technology
• Automation
• Pneumatics, hydraulics
• Process technology
• Mechatronics
• Automotive technology
COURSES ON ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS

CO4204-4D CO4204-4F CO4204-4H CO4204-4A

DC technology AC technology Three-phase technology Magnetism/

• Electricity, electric charge, elec- • AC variables; sinusoidal and • Star and delta circuits electromagnetism
tric fields periodic signals • Phase-to-phase/line-to-line • Magnetism, electromagnetism,
• Current, voltage and resistance • Capacitance, inductance, voltages and currents magnetic materials
in DC circuits reactance • Resistive and capacitive loads • Magnetic poles, magnetic
• Ohm‘s and Kirchhoff‘s laws • Phase shift and frequency • Symmetric and asymmetric felds, field intensity and lines,
• Parallel and series connections response of RL and RC combi- loads ­hysteresis
of resistors nations • Phase shift and power • Magnetic field of a coil
• Coils and capacitors • Active, reactive and apparent • Compensation currents in neu- • Magnetic induction, Lorentz
• Recording of characteristics and power tral conductors force, induction law
trouble-shooting • Resonant circuits • Course duration: approx. 4 h • Coil, transformer, relay, Hall
• Course duration: approx. 8 h • Transformers sensor, reed switch
• Course duration: approx. 8 h • Course duration: approx. 4 h

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 CO4204-4B CO4204-4C CO4204-4K CO4204-4L

Measurements Electrical network analysis Electromagnetic Measurements with an

with a multimeter • Kirchhoff‘s equations for compatibility (EMC) oscilloscope
• Multimeter controls r­esistor networks • EMC concepts and coupling • Oscilloscope: Design and func-
• Potential dangers during • Network analysis effects tionality
measurements of electric • Analysis methods: Star- • Standards and guidelines • Settings and operating modes
­circuits delta conversion, superposition • Measuring galvanic, capacitive • Measuring direct and alterna-
• Measuring voltage, current, ­theorem and inductive coupling between ting voltages
resistance and diodes • Network simplification: Equiva- tracks • Trigger functions and modes
• Measurement range adjustment lent current and voltage sources • Improving interference resi- (x/t, x/y)
and error sources • Mesh current method and node stance and EMC characteristics • Measuring Lissajous figures
• Determining ratings of potential analysis • Course duration: approx. 4 h • Determining component cha-
unknown components • Course duration: approx. 5 h racteristics
• Course duration: approx. 3 h • Course duration: approx. 3 h

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COURSES ON ELECTRONICS

CO4204-5A CO4204-5D CO4204-5H CO4204-5K

Semiconductor components Transistor multivibrators Transistor Field-effect transistors

• Semiconductor materials: • Design and functionality of mul- and amplifier technology • FET: Design, functionality, appli-
Properties and functionality tivibrators • Data sheets: Determining cha- cations
• Doping, P-N junction • Astable, monostable and bistable racteristic fields and parameters • N- and P-channel types
• Diode, Z-diode: Functionality, (flip-flop) multivibrators • Operating point adjustment • Source and drain circuits
characteristics, behaviour • Input/output signals and dynamic • Amplifier circuits and classes; • DC and AC negative feedback
• LED, phototransistor, fork-type response Darlington amplifier, push-pull • Trouble-shooting
light barrier, switching characte- • Changes in input wiring amplifier • Course duration: approx. 1.5 h
ristics • Response to pulsed and square- • Single and multi-staged amplifiers
• Transistor: Basic circuits, characte- wave signals • Differential amplifiers and con-
ristics, operating points • Trouble-shooting stant current sources
• Trouble-shooting • Course duration: approx. 4 h • Trouble-shooting
• Course duration: approx. 8 h • Course duration: approx. 8 h

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 CO4204-5M CO4204-5P CO4204-5R SO4204-5S

Operational amplifiers Power semiconductors Power supply circuits Switched-mode power

• Basic circuits; characteristic and • Design and functionality of thyri- • Half-wave and bridge rectifiers supplies
limiting values stors, triacs, MOSFETs and IGBTs • Smoothing circuit and load re- • Design and functionality of swit-
• Inverting and non-inverting op- • Conducting and non-conducting sponse ched-mode power supplies
amps response • Voltage multiplier circuit, load • Adjustment range and load de-
• Adder, subtractor, integral-action • Load and transmission response response, ripple pendency of step-down regula-
and derivative-action circuits • Threshold voltage and control • Transistor voltage controller tors
• Comparator and Schmitt trigger power • Load response and control quality • Adjustment range and load de-
• Precision-voltage and constant- • Course duration: approx. 2 h of voltage regulators pendency of step-up regulators
current sources • Trouble-shooting • Signal waveform measurements
• Active filters • Course duration: approx. 5.5 h • Course duration: approx. 2 h
• Trouble-shooting
• Course duration: approx. 5.5 h

SO4204-5U SO4204-5V

Circuit design using PCB layout with NI Ultiboard

NI Multisim • Printed circuit boards: Manufac-
• Designing a PWM-controlled LED turing processes and standards
light mixer • Imperial and metric units of
• Assessing and selecting alterna- measurement
tive solution strategies • Importing circuit files
• Computing component values • Positioning components, crea-
and selecting components ting footprints
• Sketching circuits • Routes, through-connections
• Designing and simulating circuits and wire jumpers
in NI Multisim • Creating Gerber files
• Assembling circuits on the bread- • Course duration: approx. 8 h
board; testing the circuits and
comparing their results with si-
mulations
• Course duration: approx. 8 h

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COURSES ON THE ELOTRAIN PLUG-IN SYSTEM

SO4206-1A SO4206-1B SO4206-1C SO4206-1D

DC technology AC and three-phase Semiconductor components Basic electronic circuits

• Assembling electric circuits technology • Fundamentals of semiconductors • Amplifier circuits with bipolar
• Using ammeters and voltmeters • Characteristics of alternating and doping transistors, FETs and op-amps
• Ohm‘s law, series and parallel ­current • Diode, LED, Zener diode • Two-stage, Darlington and cou-
connection of resistors • Resistor, capacitor and coil in an • Half-wave and bridge rectifiers pled emitter amplifiers
• Voltage divider with and without AC circuit • Transistor: DC and AC response, • Differential amplifier
loads • Series and parallel connections characteristics • Signal generators, Schmitt trigger,
• Voltage dependent resistors of RC and RLC • Emitter, collector and base circuits multivibrators
• Capacitors in DC circuits, relay • Transformer with and without • Power semiconductors: JFET, • Rectifier, voltage regulator
circuits loads MOSFET, thyristor, diac, triac • Phase control using thyristors and
• Course duration: approx. 8 h • Three-phase network: Star and • Course duration: approx. 7 h triacs
delta circuit with symmetric/ • Course duration: approx. 10 h
asymmetric loads
• Course duration: approx. 8 h

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Optoelectronics Introduction to digital Sequential circuits

• Light-emitting diodes: Parame- technology • Display of binary numbers on
ters, characteristics, control • Number systems LEDs and LED displays
• Infrared LED, photo-detector, • Basic logic functions • Asynchronous 4-bit counter,
photodiode, phototransistor • Antivalence (XOR) and equiva- synchronous counter, decimal
• Signal transmission using photo- lence (XNOR) counter
diodes and phototransistors • Half adders, full adders, sub- • Counters for special codes,
• Optocoupler, optical fibres tracting circuits divider circuits, registers and
• Course duration: approx. 3 h • Code conversion shift registers
• RS flip-flop, D flip-flop, JK flip- • Serial and parallel data trans-
flop, JK master-slave flip-flop mission
• Flip-flop applications • Multiplexers and demultiplexers
• Course duration: approx. 6 h • Course duration: approx. 6 h

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COURSES ON DIGITAL-/MICROCOMPUTER TECHNOLOGY

CO4204-6A CO4204-6C CO4204-6E CO4204-6B

Gates and flip-flops Sequential circuits Application circuits Converter circuits

• Number systems, calculations • Design and functionality of flip- • Binary addition and subtraction • Converter parameters: Resolu­
with binary numbers flops and registers • Functionality of binary half and tion, linearity, speed
• Basic logic circuits • Shift registers with serial and full adders • D/A converter with an R/2R
• Truth tables, symbols, switching parallel outputs • 4-bit full adder with parallel / network and weighted resistors
equations and timing diagrams • Design and functionality of ­serial output • Sampling, sampling theorem,
• Boolean functions and laws counters and dividers • Design and functionality of mul- signal reconstruction, aliasing
• Minimization of logic circuits • Design and assembly of coun- tiplexers and demultiplexers • A/D converter with counting
using Karnaugh maps ters and shift-register circuits • Functionality of data and method, single/dual-slope ADC
• JK flip-flop, counter circuit • Binary-coded up and down address buses and sigma-delta ADC
• Trouble-shooting counters • Measurements of multiplexer/ • Measurement of internal signals
• Course duration: approx. 5 h • Trouble-shooting demultiplexer circuits • V/f and f/V converters
• Course duration: approx. 5 h • Trouble-shooting • Trouble-shooting
• Course duration: approx. 3 h • Course duration: approx. 5 h

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 SO4204-6H SO4204-6J SO4206-9A SO4206-9B

Fundamentals of computer Applications Microcontroller PIC16F887 Programming 32-bit ARM

technology and programming (Assembler programming) ­Cortex M3 microcontrollers
• Microcontroller architecture • Writing assembler programs • Structure and functionality of a (C programming)
• Microprocessor components • Designing input programs PIC16F887 • Introduction to C programming
(ALU, registers, stack, command • Programming counters, loops • Instruction set and program for embedded systems
decoder, program counter) and subroutines, interrupts and flow • Cortex M3 architecture and
• Design and instruction set of an alphanumeric output • Registers and addressing programming model
Intel 8085 • Error analysis, debugging • Programming with the IDE • Commissioning a CoIDE
• Memory system and buses • Programming and analyzing traf- • Timer and interrupts • Programming and debugging
• Read-out of signals on address, fic light control • Creating sample programs: Ex- • Projects: Reading in external
control and data buses • Creating programs for processing ternal clock source, monoflop, signals, interrupt with signal
• Program routines, linear and of analog variables and serial data timer-controlled light sequence output, A/D conversion, I2C
branched programs transmission • Course duration: approx. 8 h LCD display
• Course duration: approx. 5 h • Course duration: approx. 8 h • Course duration: approx. 8 h

SO4206-9C SO4206-9E

Digital signal processing FPGA: Circuit design using

using ARM Cortex M3 VHDL
(C programming) • Introduction to programmable
• System components for digital logic
signal processing • Design and functionality of an
• Digital transfer functions: Digi- FPGA
tal voltage divider and amplifier • Design flow with VHDL
• Digital signal synthesis: Sine, • Familiarization with the Lattice
sawtooth and square-wave IDE
generator • Independent circuit design
• Discrete and fast Fourier trans- • FPGA configuration
formation • Course duration: approx. 16 h
• LTI systems
• Design of FIR and IIR filters
• Digital sound effects
• Course duration: approx. 6 h

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COURSES ON BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

CO4204-4M CO4204-4N CO4204-4P

Safety measures and power Control systems/contactor LED lighting and colour
network types circuitry detection
• Design of various mains systems • Familiarization with control com- • Familiarization with different
(TN, TT, IT) ponents ­types of LED
• Protection against contact • Planning control projects • Brightness control for various
• Protection by isolation and • Functionality checks with circuit LEDs using pulse width modula-
safety extra-low voltage simulators tion (PWM)
• Protection against excess and • Function testing and troubleshoo- • Recording of characteristics
residual-leakage currents ting in control projects and measurement of brightness
• Protective earth resistance, insu- • 25 control projects • Additive mixing of colours and
lation resistance measurement, • Course duration: approx. 25 h setting of colour temperature
RCD test, earthing electrode, • Colour detection and reproduc-
loop resistance measurement tion
• Course duration: approx. 10 h • Course duration: approx. 10 h

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COURSES ON POWER ENGINEERING

CO4204-3A CO4204-3B CO4204-3C

Photovoltaics Transient processes in AC Fuel cell technology

• Operating principle and func- and DC networks • Operating principle and func-
tion of a solar cell • Switching processes in power tion of a fuel cell
• Meaning of the terms „solar supply networks • Recording a fuel cell‘s characte-
radiation“ and „solar constant“ • Hazards of switching processes ristic
• Solar cell: Series and parallel in power supply networks • Faraday‘s 1st and 2nd laws
connections • Current and voltage response • Faraday / energy efficiency and
• Recording a solar module‘s when powering up a DC / AC power of a fuel cell
characteristics, dependence on circuit • Series and parallel connections
temperature, irradiance and • The effect of loads (R, L, C) of fuel cells
angle of incidence • Switch-on and switch-off times • Operating principle and func-
• Storage of energy in a solar cell • Signal characteristic measure- tion of an electrolyser
• Insular network with solar cells ments • Characteristic of an electrolyser
• Course duration: approx. 4.5 h • Course duration: approx. 3.5 h • Course duration: approx. 4.5 h

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COURSES ON POWER ELECTRONICS & ELECTRICAL MACHINES

CO4204-7N CO4204-7M CO4204-7P CO4204-7Q

Line-commutated power Self-commutated power Frequency converter drives Active power factor
­converters converters • Design and functionality of ­correction
• Functionality and control of • PWM for generating variable di- frequency converters • Areas of applications and
­power semiconductors rect and alternating voltages • DC link voltage reasons for using power factor
• Single-phase and three-phase • Load response, control and ope- • V/f characteristic and boost correction
rectifiers rating characteristics • Operating 3-phase motors with • Design and functionality of an
• Converter circuits: control and • Measurements: Amplitude and frequency converters, 87-Hz active power factor correction
operating characteristics signal modulation by converters technology circuit
• Single-phase and three-phase • Three-phase converter • Design and functionality of • Comparison with conventional
AC power controllers • Block commutation, sine, super- brake choppers bridge rectifier circuits
• Analysis of power in converter sine and space-vector modulation • Analysis of current, voltage and • Analysis of current, voltage and
circuits • Harmonic analysis with FFT power power
• FFT analysis • Course duration: approx. 5 h • Course duration: approx. 5 h • Analysis of variables using FFT
• Course duration: approx. 5 h • Course duration: approx. 3 h

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 CO4204-7S CO4204-7T CO4204-7U CO4204-7W

DC machines Asynchronous machines Synchronous and Stepper motors

• Electromagnetic induction and • Design and functionality of slip ring machines • Design, function and applica-
the Lorentz force rotating field machines • Design and functionality of tions of stepper motors
• Design and functionality of DC • Electromagnetic induction, synchronous, slip-ring and • Permanent-magnet, reluctance,
machines magnetic field, torque reluctance machines and hybrid-stepper motors
• Armature and excitation current • Asynchronous machine, capa- • Rotating magnetic field in rota- • Unipolar / bipolar control
/ voltage / resistance citor motor, squirrel cage rotor ting field machines • Full-step and half-step mode
• Connection types: Series, shunt • Star and delta circuit line, pha- • Circuit diagram, terminal chart, • Step angle, maximum operating
and compound se, rotor current and voltage type plate and nominal data and start frequencies
• Speed measurement, control • Nominal data and characteri- • Speed adjustment, operating • Half- and full-step operation, di-
and reversal stics behaviour, generator mode rection reversal, current control
• Working with AC voltage, • Temperature measurement • Measurements: Current, vol- • Absolute / relative positioning
­braking • Trouble-shooting tage start-up, speed, cos ϕ • Course duration: approx. 3.5 h
• Temperature monitoring • Course duration: approx. 5.5 h • Course duration: approx. 5 h
• Course duration: approx. 5.5h

CO4204-7X CO4204-7Z CO4204-7Y

Linear motors BLDC motors Three-phase transformers

• Operating principle, functions • Design, functionality and appli- • Principle of a transformer
and applications of a linear cations of BLDC motors • Load response of a single-phase
motor • Advantages and disadvantages transformer in case of one-
• Lorentz force and „induced of BLDC motors quadrant and four-quadrant
voltage“ • Power supply patterns for BLDC operation
• Designs of linear motors motors: Block and sine-wave • Measurement of current and
• Advantages and disadvantages current signals voltage under load / no-load
in comparison to rotary ma- • Rotor position detection: Hall • Transformation ratio, equivalent
chines sensors, back-emf, pole detec- circuit diagram
• Determining motor constants tion, resolvers and incremental • Three-phase transformer: Load
• Absolute and relative positio- sensors cases with various switching
ning; position determination • Position measurement using groups
using encoders and Hall sensors Hall sensors • Determining short-circuit vol-
• Course duration: approx. 4.5 h • Current and speed control tages
• Course duration: approx. 5 h • Course duration: approx. 3 h

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COURSES ON COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

CO4204-9A CO4204-9B SO4204-9G CO4205-4E

Quadripoles and filters Active filter with operatio- Coaxial lines Fibre optic cables 650/820 nm
• Transmission function, phase re- nal amplifiers • Resistance / capacitance / • Converting electrical signals
sponse, filter cut-off frequency • High-pass, low-pass, band-pass inductance per unit length, into optical signals
• High-pass and low-pass filters and band-stop characteristic impedance • Characteristic and frequency
in a Bode diagram • Filter order, slope, phase shift • Measurements with a response of transmitter diodes
• Bandwidth and median fre- • Cut-off frequency, ripple, atte- Wheatstone, Wien and Maxwell • Modulation methods
quency of band-pass filters nuation bridge • Transmission path with various
• Series and parallel resonant • Filter approximations: Bessel, • Determining a coaxial cable‘s wavelengths
circuits Butterworth and Tschebyscheff characteristic impedance • Step index and graded index
• Parallel resonant circuit with filters • Reflections in a coaxial cable fibres
capacitance diode tuning • Measurements in the time and depending on termination • Optical waveguide configuration
• Course duration: approx. 5 h frequency domains • Reflection-free cable termination • Signal recovery, bandwidth,
• Course duration: approx. 5 h • Course duration: approx. 2 h attenuation, splices
• Course duration: approx. 4 h

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 CO4205-4F SO4204-9F SO4204-9J CO4204-9K

Fibre optic cables 1300 nm Four-wire lines PAM, PCM Pulse modulation methods:
• Fibre optic cable FOC (wave- • Applications and characteristic and delta modulation PTM
lengths, numerical aperture, line values • Principle of PAM/PCM/delta • Principle of PWM /PPM modula-
loss, dispersion) • Measuring line parameters at modulation tion and demodulation
• Safety measures when working various frequencies • Shannon‘s sampling theorem • Signal waveform at PWM/PPM
with lasers • Characteristic impedance and • Quantization, companding outputs
• Cable types, (PC, UPC, APC) propagation rate according to a-Law and µ-law • Signals output by PWM/PPM
• Monomode and Multimode • Pulse transmission and transit • Transmission characteristics and demodulators
FOC times signal waveform measurements • PWM transmission bandwidth
• Coding procedure for image • Measurements using FFT • Line codes: AMI, HDB3 and • Measurement of a PPM
and audio transmission • Cross-talk and coupling modified AMI demodulator‘s internal signals
• Determination of bandwidth • Course duration: approx. 4 h • Clock recovery, phase jitter, • Advantages / disadvantages of
and the volume range of trans- optimal filtering, anti-aliasing PWM / PPM
mission line • Course duration: approx. 4 h • Course duration: approx. 2 h
• Course duration: approx. 4 h

CO4204-9L SO4204-9M SO4204-9N CO4205-4S

ASK, PSK, (Q)PSK modulation AM/FM Transmission and receiving Data acquisition with RFID/
• Transmission of digital signals modulation / demodulation technology NFC
via analog lines, ASK, FSK • Principle of AM/FM • Design and functionality of • Areas of application and design
• Spectrum of an ASK / FSK • AM: DSB and SSB modulation Hartley and Colpitts oscillators of RFID systems
modulated signal • AM: Modulation trapezoid, mo- • Modulation depth, frequency • Operating frequencies, proper-
• Data transmission rate and dulation depth, residual carrier, response ties and range
required bandwidth in the case phase shift • AM transmitter / receiver • Energy link, data transmission
of ASK/FSK • Demodulation of AM/FM mo- • Direct and superhet receivers and anti-collision procedure
• Demodulation of FSK signals dulated signals • AGC and AFC • Transponder designs, read/write
• Principle of PSK (DPSK) and • FM: „Instantaneous frequency“, • Signal-to-image ratio, adjacent operations
QPSK (DQPSK) modulation frequency amplitude, modulati- channel selectivity • Analysis of RFID messages
• Baud rates, dibits, transmission on index • Filter curves according to ISO15693
rate • Ratio and phase detectors • Medium-wave AM single-stage • Course duration: approx. 4 h
• Course duration: approx. 2.5 h • Course duration: approx. 3 h superhet receiver with full-
range tuning
• Course duration: approx. 4.5 h

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COURSES ON COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

CO4205-4Q SO4204-9T SO4204-9Z SO4204-9U

Network technology Fundamentals of antenna Complex antenna systems Fundamentals of micro-

• Network standards, topologies technology • Patch, horn, slot, dielectric, wave technology
and structures • Characteristic parameters of microstrip and parabolic anten- • Characteristic parameters of
• OSI layer model electromagnetic waves nae electromagnetic waves
• Structure and components of • Physics of transmitting and • Formation and measurement of • Line variables, wave propagati-
an Ethernet network receiving directional diagrams on in waveguides
• Assembling and testing client- • Dipole, Yagi, helix, patch and • Group antennae and arrays • Gunn oscillator and LNC recei-
server and peer-to-peer compu- microstrip antennae • Phase relationships in the case ver
ter networks • Radiation in the near / far fields of group antennae • Current-voltage characteristic
• The Internet protocol TCP/ IP, • Polarization, antenna gain, • Reflection in radio transmission • Standing waves, short circuit,
differences between IPv4 and impedance, symmetrization • Secondary radiation reflection and matching,
IPv6 • Measurement of directional • Passive radar transponder standing-wave ratio
• Addressing, network masks, diagrams for various antennae • Course duration: approx. 16 h • Dielectrics in waveguides
sub-networks • Course duration: approx. 8 h • Course duration: approx. 4.5 h
• Course duration: approx. 3.5 h

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 SO4204-9V SO4204-9Y

Waveguide components Microstrip technology

• Wave propagation in a wave- • Characteristic line parameters
guide and transfer function
• Waveguide elements for • Scattering parameters and
changing directions: Rotary scattering matrix
coupling, E-plane and H-plane • Transfer functions: Wilkinson
bends divider and directional coupler
• Attenuator, phase shifter, ferrite • Filter design
valve • 3rd and 5th order low-pass
• Attenuation and reflection of filters, band-pass, band-stop
coupling elements • Microwave amplifiers: MMIC
• Modulation and demodulation and FET amplifiers
• Smith chart: Determining impe- • Reflection / standing wave ratio
dance and reflection factor • Course duration: approx. 8 h
• Course duration: approx. 8 h

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COURSES ON MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY

CO4204-8A CO4204-8B CO4204-8C CO4204-8D

Electrical variables Non-electrical variables: Non-electrical variables: RLC measurements

• Functional principles of measu- Temp./pressure/force ­Displacement/angle/speed • Measurement principle of
ring instruments: Deflection and • Influence of measurement • Measuring displacement with bridge circuits
bridge methods circuits inductive and capacitive sensors • Measuring resistance and
• Digital and analog methods • Linearization of characteristics • Displacement measurement impedance using a Wheatstone
• Moving iron, moving coil and • Temperature: NTC, Pt 100, KTY, incremental, binary and Grey bridge
electrodynamic instruments thermocouple code encoders • Measuring inductance using a
• Extended measuring ranges for • Pressure: Piezo-electric, induc- • Position measurement on Maxwell-Wien bridge
current / voltage measurement tive and resistive sensors, abso- rotating shafts: Optical encoder, • Measuring capacitance using a
• Measuring effective, apparent lute and differential sensors Hall sensors, resolver Wien bridge
and reactive power • Force: Strain gauges on a ben- • Angular measurement with a • RLC measurements using the
• Measuring power factors, elec- ding bar and torsion rod resolver impedance measurement tech-
trical work and frequency • Course duration: approx. 7.5 h • Determining motor speed using nique
• Course duration: approx. 5 h Hall sensors • Course duration: approx. 3 h
• Course duration: approx. 6 h

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COURSES ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

CO4204-8J CO4204-8H

Practical introduction to Servo motor technology

control technology • Angular and speed control
• Open-loop and closed-loop • Positions and speed detection by
control means of an incremental encoder
• Continuous and discontinuous • Control characteristic, dead time,
controllers transient response, system devia-
• Temperature, speed, light, filling- tion and control oscillation
level and flow rate control • Step response and time constant
• System characteristics and • Operation using various controller
disturbance response types
• Parametrization and • Investigating a servo drive’s re-
optimization sponse to load variations
• Recording step responses • Course duration: approx. 4 h
• Investigating a closed control loop
• Course duration: approx. 6 h

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COURSES ON AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY

CO4204-8N SO4204-8T SO4204-3P CO4204-8U

PLC and bus technology PLC model: Lift Basics of robot technology Sensors used in automation
• PLC design, functionality and • Manual motor control • Industrial robots: Types and • Operating principle and functio-
commissioning • Sensor signal detection tasks nality of industrial sensors
• Program sequence, addressing • Lift control for two storeys • Programming of movements: • Inductive, capacitive, optical and
and analog value processing • Lift control for three storeys Movement types, coordinate magnetic-field sensors
• Planning an automation system • Lift control with door opening/ systems, speed and acceleration • Influence of various material
• Programming with IL/ST editors closure • Movements in joint and cart samples on sensor response
according to IEC 1131 • Programming emergency-stop mode • Measurement of sensing di-
• Setting up PROFIBUS networks functions • Combining a robot, PLC and stances, hysteresis, limiting values
• Transmission and fault analysis • Course duration: approx. 4 h conveyor belt in a robot cell and switching frequencies
• Connecting devices, GSD • Programming loading and • Reduction factor
• Course duration: approx. 10 h unloading operations • Course duration: approx. 4 h
• Course duration: approx. 8 h

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COURSES ON PROCESS TECHNOLOGY

CO4204-3E SO4204-3F SO4204-3G SO4204-3H

IPA1 Compact station IPA2 Mixing station IPA3 Filling station IPA4 Corking station
• Design and commissioning of a • Design and commissioning of a • Design and commissioning of a • Design, commissioning and mo-
process plant process plant process plant nitoring of a process plant
• Selecting and connecting diffe- • Piping and instrumentation (P&I) • Selecting and connecting diffe- • Sensor connection
rent sensors diagram rent sensors • Designing open-loop and closed-
• Measurement: Filling level, flow • System sensors and actuators • Designing open-loop and closed- loop programs
rate, pressure and temperature • Formulation control, filling-level loop programs • PLC programming: Belt control,
• Automatic control of filling level, calculation • PLC programming: Filling, clea- bottle cap mounting
flow rate and pressure • PLC programming: Mixing, pum- ning and emptying reservoirs, • Maintenance and servicing
• Analyzing, designing and optimi- ping out, cleaning, filling of dye filling bottles • Course duration: approx. 4.5 h
zing control loops reservoirs • Course duration: approx. 4.5 h
• Maintenance and servicing • Maintenance and servicing
• Course duration: approx. 8 h • Course duration: approx. 4.5 h

COURSES ON PNEUMATICS / HYDRAULICS

CO4205-5E CO4205-5F SO4205-8A

Pneumatics Electropneumatics Hydraulics /

• Fundamentals and safety • Basics Electrohydraulics
­regulations • Pneumatic and electrical circuit • Fundamentals
• Pneumatic diagrams, single- diagrams, single- and double- • Hydraulic and electrical circuit dia-
and double-action cylinders, action cylinders, directional valves grams, single- and double-action
directional valves • Holding element control, pilot cylinders
• Holding element control, com- control • Forward feed control, start (inhi-
mand variable control • Position and time-dependent con- bit) interlock with intermediate
• Displacement- and time- trols stopping
dependent control • Position/timing diagrams • Pressure-dependent and time-
• Displacement-time diagrams • Sequential control, hard-wired dependent control
• Sequence control, hard-wired programmed control, program- • Mechanical / electrical interlock
control mable control of pushbutton contacts
• Course duration: approx. 8 h • Course duration: approx. 8 h • Rapid forward-feed/traverse con-
trol
• Displacement-time diagrams
• Course duration: approx. 8 h

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COURSES ON MECHATRONICS

SO4204-8K SO4204-8L SO4204-8M SO4204-8O

Transfer system Transfer system Sorting sub-system Assembly sub-system

with DC drive with three-phase drive • Assembling, adjusting and testing • Assembling, adjusting and testing
• Assembling, adjusting and testing • Assembling, adjusting and testing pneumatic cylinders, valves and pneumatic cylinders, valves and
mechanical components mechanical components sensors sensors
• Speed and direction control • Speed and direction control • Commissioning a sorting unit for • Commissioning an assembly ro-
• Sequence control using a PLC • Sequence control using a PLC bottom sections bot for top sections
• Movement in inching mode • Movement in inching mode • Defining a process sequence for • Defining a process sequence for
• Automatic transport of a work- • Automatic transport of a work- loading a workpiece carrier workpiece assembly
piece carrier with holding time piece carrier with holding time • Programming a production se- • Programming a flasher compo-
• Programming movement sequen- • Programming movement sequen- quence in manual and automatic nent and a stop cylinder
ces with end-limit switches ces with end-limit switches modes • Programming a production se-
• Slip monitoring • Slip monitoring • Course duration: approx. 4 h quence in manual and automatic
• Course duration: approx. 5 h • Course duration: approx. 5 h modes
• Course duration: approx. 4 h

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 SO4204-8P SO4204-8Q SO4204-8R SO4204-8S

Processing sub-system Testing sub-system Handling sub-system Storage sub-system

• Assembling, adjusting and testing • Assembling, adjusting and testing • Assembling, adjusting and testing • Commissioning and controlling a
pneumatic cylinders, valves and pneumatic cylinders, and valves pneumatic cylinders, valves and pneumatic linear unit
sensors • Optical, inductive, capacitive and sensors • Rack level positioning with the
• Commissioning an automatic magnetic test sensors • Vacuum generator and vacuum aid of incremental sensors
processing unit • Defining a process sequence for suction device with sensors • Defining a process sequence for
• Defining a process sequence for simple workpiece testing • Commissioning and controlling a a high rack storage system
workpiece processing • Programming a flasher compo- pneumatic handling unit • Programming a pulse counter
• Programming a flasher compo- nent and a stop cylinder • Defining a process sequence for • Programming a complete ware-
nent and a pressing cylinder • Programming a testing sequence workpiece sorting housing procedure in manual and
• Programming a production se- in manual and automatic modes • Programming a sorting sequence automatic modes
quence in manual and automatic • Course duration: approx. 4 h in manual and automatic modes • Course duration: approx. 4 h
modes • Course duration: approx. 4 h
• Course duration: approx. 4 h

SO4204-8W SO4204-8X SO4204-8Z

Routing sub-system Buffering sub-system Production line

• Assembling, adjusting and testing • Assembling, adjusting and testing • Assembling, adjusting and testing
pneumatic cylinders, valves and pneumatic cylinders, valves and pneumatic cylinders, valves and
sensors sensors sensors
• Commissioning and controlling a • Commissioning a buffer unit • Defining a process sequence
linear unit • Defining a process sequence • Applying the principles of control
• Defining a process sequence • Programming the production se- technology
• Programming a routing sequence quence in manual and automatic • Working with various actuators
in manual and automatic modes modes and sensors
• Course duration: approx. 4 h • Course duration: approx. 4 h • PROFIBUS project planning and
commissioning
• Linking of multiple individual sys-
tems to create a totally integrated
system
• Course duration: approx. 6 h

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COURSES ON AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY

CO4204-7A SO4204-7B SO4206-1J SO4205-1G

DC and AC circuits in motor Electronics and digital tech- Automotive electrics / elec- Fundamentals of automotive
vehicles nology in vehicles tronics with a plug-in system electrics
• Current, voltage and resistance • Designs and functions of diodes • Circuit assembly with a 2-mm • Direct and alternating voltages,
• Electric circuit with a lamp, and Z-diodes plug-in system pulse-width modulated signals
measurements with a voltmeter • Basic transistor circuits • Current, voltage and resistance • Current, resistance, Ohm‘s law
and ammeter • Transistor as a switch and ampli- • Ohm‘s law, resistor circuits • Series, parallel and mixed resistor
• Ohm‘s and Kirchhoff‘s laws fier • Voltage divider, potentiometer, circuits
• Resistor circuits • Basic logic circuits bridge circuits • Circuit analysis: Brake light, in-
• Voltage divider, potentiometer, • Truth tables, symbols, logic equa- • Variable resistors, capacitors and strument lighting, heating fan,
bridge circuits tions coils horn
• LDR, NTC, PTC, VDR • Boolean functions and laws • Typical automotive applications • Fault diagnosis: Interrupted cir-
• Trouble-shooting • Trouble-shooting • Course duration: approx. 5.5 h cuit, short circuit, defective com-
• Course duration: approx. 5.5 h • Course duration: approx. 9.5 h ponents
• Course duration: approx. 5 h

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 CO4204-7J SO4204-7D SO4204-7F SO4204-7C

Pulse-width modulated Three-phase generator Sensors in motor vehicles Pulse generation and igniti-
signals (alternator) • Induction, Hall effect, piezo-effect on systems
• Principle of pulse-width modula- • Electromagnetism • Speed measurement with induc- • Ignition systems: contact-control-
tion (PWM) • Single-phase and three-phase tive and Hall sensors led, transistor-controlled, electro-
• Automotive applications of PWM generators, rectifiers • Throttle valve switch, throttle nically controlled
• Power matching with PWM • Automotive electric circuits, char- valve potentiometer • Setting the ignition-firing and
• Measuring key PWM signal pa- ge control light, battery charging • Air-flow measurement with hot- dwell angles, ignition maps
rameters: Frequency, amplitude, • Electromagnetic and electronic wire and hot-film sensors, pres- • Centrifugal-force and vacuum
duty cycle, pulse-width, edge and voltage regulators sure measurement in the intake pressure adjustment
signal shapes • Dependency of alternator voltage manifold • Generation and distribution of
• Control and operating circuits on motor speed and load condi- • Detecting ignition timing with a high voltage
• Diagnosing PWM-controlled com- tion knock sensor • Hall and inductive sensors
ponents • Trouble-shooting • Temperature measurement with • Measuring ignition voltage signal
• Course duration: approx. 2.5 h • Course duration: approx. 7.5 h NTC and PTC sensors waveforms
• Course duration: approx. 10 h • Course duration: approx. 8 h

CO4204-6X CO4204-6W CO4204-6Z SO4204-7E

Common rail diesel injec- Traction control systems, Airbag, belt tensioners and LIN bus
tion system ABS / ASR / ESP crash response • Topology and components of a
• Design and function of a common • Driving safety and physics • Active and passive safety in motor LIN bus system in a motor vehicle
rail system • ABS: System overview, control vehicles • LIN bus: Voltage levels, addres-
• Injection response: Pilot, main loops, functionality • Purpose and function of airbags sing, master/ slave principle
and post injection • Effects of typical faults on an ABS and belt tensioners • Analysis of LIN messages using
• Design and control of solenoid- braking system • Ignition capsule, safety switch, ac- LIN monitor and oscilloscope
valve and piezo injectors • ASR: Function and system struc- celeration sensor, seat occupancy • Editing and sending LIN messages
• High-pressure generation and ture, investigating typical control detection using a PC
control situations • Typical crash situations • Trouble-shooting
• Regeneration of soot particle fil- • ESP: Purpose and mode of opera- • Fault management in airbag sys- • Course duration: approx. 8 h
ters, zero-fuel correction tion, response to various driving tems
• Course duration: approx. 6 h manoeuvres, control loops • Trouble-shooting
• Trouble-shooting • Course duration: approx. 8 h
• Course duration: approx. 6 h

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COURSES ON AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY

CO4204-7K CO4204-7H SO4204-6Y CO4204-6G

CAN bus Optical data buses for auto- FlexRay Comfort systems and
• Topology and components of a motive applications • Structure of a FlexRay node keyless entry
CAN bus in a motor vehicle • Optical bus systems in motor ve- • Signal generation with symmetric • Central locking: Mechanical, inf-
• Low-speed and high-speed CAN hicles data transfer rared, radio and self-triggering
• Electrical properties, data rate • Fundamentals of a MOST bus • Description of the data link layer • Keyless entry and locking
• Addressing and arbitration • MOST ring, protocol, control • Analysis of the FlexRay at the bit • Teaching-in and setting comfort
• Analyzing CAN messages with a units, ring interruption diagnosis level systems in vehicles
CAN monitor and oscilloscope • Design of optical fibre systems in • Measuring bus signals and bus • Communication between a vehi-
• Interpreting CAN messages motor vehicles resistance to interference cle and its keyless entry device
• Editing and sending CAN messa- • Optical characteristics of light (re- • Trouble-shooting • Retrofitting a keyless system
ges using a PC fraction, reflection, attenuation) • Course duration: approx. 10 h • Course duration: approx. 7 h
• Trouble-shooting • Measurement (electrical and op-
• Course duration: approx. 7 h tical) of optical fibres
• Course duration: approx. 6 h

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 CO4205-1N CO4204-6L CO4204-6V SO4204-6M

Autoshop communications DC-AC conversion in motor Hybrid drives in automobiles Fuel cells
with RFID vehicles • Working safety in the case of hy- • Fuel cell technology for automo-
• Communication with customers: • Electromagnetic induction and brid vehicles biles
Making appointments, providing Lorenz force, “right-hand” rule • Serial/parallel hybrid system, dual- • Tank and filling procedure, ha-
service advice, filling out repair • Current and voltage; Ohm‘s law mode hybrids zards of petrol and hydrogen
shop orders • Pulse-width modulation (PWM) • Electric drives for hybrid vehicles • Recording a fuel cell‘s characte-
• RFID technology: System com- • PWM voltage and current • Control components for hybrid ristic
ponents, operating frequencies, • Generating alternating voltages drives • Electrolysis (Faraday’s first and
data and power transmission via PWM • On-board networks for hybrid second laws)
• Reading and writing transponder • Course duration: approx. 3 h vehicles • Series and parallel connection of
data • Energy recovery fuel cells
• Data collisions on data buses • Energy and force transmission • Investigation of fuel cell power
• RFID applications in vehicles • Course duration: approx. 8 h • Course duration: approx. 4.5 h
• Course duration: approx. 7 h

CO4205-1P CO4205-1J CO4205-1L CO4205-1K

Solar technology in vehicles Battery disconnection DC-DC step-down (buck) con- DC-DC step-up (boost) con-
• Solar cell‘s functionality and ope- unit in hybrid and electric verter in hybrid and electric verter in hybrid and electric
rating principle vehicles vehicles vehicles
• Meaning of the terms „solar ra- • Basics of battery disconnection • Fundamentals of DC-DC con- • Fundamentals of DC-DC con-
diation“ and „solar constant“ unit verters verters
• Recording a solar module‘s cha- • Design and operation • Design and operation of the • Design and operation of the
racteristics • Selecting appropriate repair step-down converter step-up converter
• Temperature, radiation intensity measures • Circuit variations • Circuit variations
and angle of incidence • Investigating the battery discon- • Reading out fault memory • Reading out fault memory
• Energy storage in a rechargeable nection unit using measurement • Selecting repair measures • Selecting repair measures
solar battery techniques according to manufacturer’s according to manufacturer’s
• Isolated (offgrid) network with • Trouble-shooting specification specification
solar batteries • Course duration: approx. 7 h • Investigation using measure- • Investigation using measure-
• Course duration: approx. 4.5 h ment techniques ment techniques
• Course duration: approx. 6 h • Course duration: approx. 6 h

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IDEALLY EQUIPPED WITH THE RIGHT ACCESSORIES
Practical solutions for everyday life
Practical accessories expand the UniTrain system‘s range of applications.
Your benefits
A rugged case is available for frequent transport or storage of the system.
Integrate a multimeter into the UniTrain system or utilize the breadboard
ü Simple transport
to quickly build and test smaller circuits.
ü Practical storage
ü Control via tablet PC
ü Additional measurement options

Experimenter for mounting experiment cards, multimeters and breadboards, and

supplying additional experiment voltages.

Breadboard for circuit configuration with wired components

Case for storing and transporting an entire system Multimeter with optical data interface for display via a virtual
instrument on a PC

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UNITRAIN – COURSE AND EQUIPMENT OVERVIEW

Basic equipment and

Electrical fundamentals Electronics
accessories

Basic equipment DC technology Semiconductor components

1 1
CO4204-4D CO4204-5A
UniTrain interface CO4203-2A
UniTrain measurement accessories AC technology Transistor multivibrators
(shunts, jumpers and connection CO4203-2J 1 1
CO4204-4F CO4204-5D
cables)
Transistor and amplifier
Three-phase technology
Required accessories ­technology 1
CO4204-4H
Depending on the course one or more UniTrain CO4204-5H
experimenters are required.
Magnetism / electromagnetism Field-effect transistors
CO4203-2B 1 1
1 UniTrain experimenter (quantity) CO4204-4A CO4204-5K

Conducting measurements
Basic equipment EloTrain 2-mm Operational amplifiers
plug-in system
with the multimeter 2 1
CO4204-5M
CO4204-4B
UniTrain interface CO4203-2A
Electrical network analysis Power semiconductor devices
EloTrain experimenter SO4203-3B 1 1
CO4204-4C CO4204-5P
EloTrain measurement accessories
(bridge connectors and connection SO5146-1N Electromagnetic compatibility
Analog power supplies
cables) (EMC) 1 1
CO4204-5R
Digital multimeter Max10 LM2332 CO4204-4K
Measurements using an
Switched-mode power supplies
Recommended accessories
oscilloscope 1 1
SO4204-5S
CO4204-4L
UniTrain storage case CO4203-2Y
EloTrain Circuit design using NI Multisim
1
Digital multimeter Multi 13S LM2330
2-mm plug-in system SO4204-5U
LabSoft Classroom Manager
DC technology PCB layout with NI Ultiboard
LabSoft Classroom Manager SO2001-5A 1
SO4206-1A SO4204-5V
Collections of assignments
(for use with classroom AC and three-phase technology EloTrain
­manager) SO4206-1B 2-mm plug-in system
Electrical fundamentals SO2001-6A
Elektronics SO2001-6B Semiconductors
SO4206-1C
Digital electronics SO2001-6C
Electrical power engineering SO2001-6D Basic electronic circuits
Building management systems SO2001-6E SO4206-1D

Optoelectronics
SO4206-1E

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Digital electronics and Building management
Power electronics
microcomputer technology systems
Protective measures and power Self-commutated power
Gates and flip-flops
1 network types ­converters 2
SO4204-6A
SO4204-4 M CO4204-7M
Control systems / protective Line-commutated power
Sequential circuits
1 circuitry ­converters, 3-phase 2
SO4204-6C
CO4204-4N CO4204-7N
Frequency converter drives
Application circuits LED lighting and colour detection
1 1 CO4204-7P 3
CO4204-6E CO4204-4P
Requires CO4204-7M and CO4204-7T
Active power factor correction
Converter circuits
1 (PFC) 1
CO4204-6B
CO4204-7Q
Fundamentals of
Electrical power
computer technology 1
SO4204-6H ­engineering
Supplement to SO4204-6H ­
Photovoltaics
Applications and programming 2
CO4204-3A Electrical machines
SO4204-6J
Transient processes in DC and AC
EloTrain 1
DC machines
networks 1
2-mm plug-in system CO4204-3B
CO4204-7S

Introduction to digital technology Fuel cell technology Asynchronous machines

CO4204-3C
1
SO4206-1F CO4204-7T

Synchronous and
Sequential circuits
slip-ring machines 1
SO4206-1G
CO4204-7U
Microcontroller PIC16F887
Stepper motor
(Assembler programming) 1
CO4204-7W
SO4206-9A
8-bit Microcontroller, PIC
Linear motor
16F1937 (UML programming)
CO4204-7X
CO4205-7A
8-bit Arduino UNO
Three-phase transformer
(UML programming) 1
CO4204-7Y
CO4205-7B
16-Bit Microcontroller dsPIC
BLDC / servo motors
(UML programming) 1
CO4204-7Z
CO4205-7C
32-Bit Microcontroller ARM
(UML programming)
CO4205-7D
Programming 32-bit ARM Cortex
M3 microcontrollers ­
(C programming)
SO4206-9B
DSP using microcontroller 32-Bit
ARM Cortex-M3 (C programming)
SO4206-9C
FPGA - Design of circuits using
VHDL
SO4206-9E

FPGA Altera Cyclone IV (Verilog)

CO4205-7E

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Communication technology Measurement technology Automation

Measurement of electric values Compact automation, PLC and

Quadripoles and filters
1 V / I / P / cos-phi / f 2 bus technology 3
CO4204-9A
CO4204-8A CO4204-8N
Active filters with operational Measurement of non-electric PLC model lift application
amplifiers 1 values Temp. / pressure / force 2 1
SO4204-8T
CO4204-9B CO4204-8B

Coaxial cables Measurement of non-electric Sensors for automation

1 values Displacement / angle /
SO4204-9G 2 CO4204-8U
speed
Signal transmission via optical CO4204-8C Process technology:
fibres 650 nm / 820 nm 2 IPA 1 Compact station 2
CO4205-4E RLC measurements CO4204-3E
2
CO4204-8D
Signal transmission via optical Process technology:
fibres 1300 nm 1 IPA 2 Mixing station 3
CO4205-4F SO4204-3F
Process technology:
4-wire lines
1 IPA 3 Filling station 1
SO4204-9F Automatic control SO4204-3G
Pulse modulation methods ­technology Process technology:
PAM / PCM / Delta 3 Practical introduction to control IPA 4 Corking station 1
SO4204-9J technology SO4204-3H
CO4204-8J
Pulse modulation methods, PTM
1
CO4204-9K Servo motor technology
CO4204-8H
Modem methods ASK, FSK, PSK
CO4204-9L
2 Pneumatics / hydraulics

AM / FM Modulation / Demodu-
Pneumatics
lation 2
SO4204-8V
SO4204-9M
AM transmission and receiving
Electropneumatics
technology 3
SO4204-8F
SO4204-9N

Data acquisition using RFID Hydraulics / electrohydraulics

2
SO4204-9S SO4205-8A

Network technology and cyber-

security 2
CO4205-4Q
Introduction to microwave
technology 1
SO4204-9U
Supplement to SO4204-9U
Waveguide components
SO4204-9V

Antenna technology
1
SO4204-9T

Supplement to SO4204-9T
Complex antenna systems
SO4204-9Z

Microstrip technology
1
SO4204-9Y

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Mechatronics Automotive technology Automotive technology

Transfer system with DC drive DC and AC circuits in vehicles LIN bus

1 1 2
SO4204-8K CO4204-7A SO4204-7E

Transfer system with three-phase Electronics and digital technology

CAN bus
drive 1 in vehicles 1 2
SO4204-7K
SO4204-8L CO4204-7B
Automotive electrical
Sorting sub-system CAN FD in automobiles
1 ­fundamentals
SO4204-8M SO4204-1S
CO4205-1D
PWM signals in automotive Optical data buses for
Assembly sub-system
1 ­engineering 1 ­automotive applications 1
SO4204-8O
CO4204-7J CO4204-7H

Process sub-system Alternator / 3-phase generator FlexRay

1 2
SO4204-8P SO4204-7D SO4204-6Y

Comfort systems and keyless

Testing sub-system Sensors in motor vehicles
1 entry 1 3*
SO4204-8Q SO4204-7F
CO4204-6G
Pulse generation and ignition Autoshop communications and
Handling sub-system
1 systems RFID 2
SO4204-8R
SO4204-7C CO4205-1N
Common rail diesel injection
Storage sub-system DC-AC conversion in vehicles
1 system 1
SO4204-8S CO4204-6L
CO4204-6X
Traction control systems
Routing sub-system Hybrid drives in automobiles
1 ABS / ASR / ESP 3
SO4204-8W CO4204-6V
CO4204-6W
Interlock in hybrid and electric
Buffering sub-system Wheel Speed Sensor Technology
1 vehicles 1
SO4204-8X SO4205-1F
CO4205-1H
Airbag, belt tensioners and Battery disconnect unit in hybrid
Production line
1 crash response 2 and electric vehicles 1
SO4204-8Z
CO4204-6Z CO4205-1J
DC-DC step-up converters in
EloTrain hybrid and electric vehicles 1
2-mm plug-in system CO4205-1K
Fundamentals of electrical DC-DC step-down converters in
­engineering in vehicles hybrid and electric vehicles 1
SO4206-1J CO4205-1L

Safe handling of HV systems

1
CO4205-1M

Fuel cell technology in vehicles

CO4204-6M

Solar technology in vehicles

CO4205-1P

* 3 experimenters are required for extension

with CAN bus course (SO4204-7K)

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