EE449: Instrumentation and Control Lab

Instructor: Dr. Mohammed Hawa (Office Hours) and Eng. Sanaa Khawaldeh.

Textbook: Lab Manual which can be obtained from this Website.

The midterm exam is scheduled on Sun April 26, 2025
(12:30pm - 1:30pm) in room EE103
(exam material: Thermocouple, Motor Control, Fuzzy Logic, Electropneumatic, PLC and Ladder Logic).

• • Syllabus (Course outline and ABET outcomes)
• • Teamwork evaluation sheet



• • Lab Schedule (Both Sections, Week 2 to 5)
• • Lab Schedule (Both Sections, Week 6 to 10)



• • Experiment 1:
• • Procedure: Grounding and Ground Resistance.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Understanding Ground Resistance Testing.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Ground Resistance Measurement.
• • Report: Submit one week after experiment.



• • Experiment 2:
• • Procedure: Motor Control.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Everything You Need to Know About Control Theory.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Analogue PID Lab - Part 1/5 : Introduction and Modeling in Simulink.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Analogue PID Lab - Part 2/5 : Proportional Controller.
• • Report: Submit one week after experiment.



• • Experiment 3:
• • Procedure: Introduction to Fuzzy Logic Control.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) What Is Fuzzy Logic? | Fuzzy Logic, Part 1.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Fuzzy Inference System Walkthrough | Fuzzy Logic, Part 2.
• • Report: Submit one week after experiment.



• • Experiment 4:
• • Procedure: Electropneumatic Control Systems.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Directional Control Valve | 5/2 Solenoid Valve | Pneumatic Symbols.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) How to Read a Spool Valve Schematic Drawing .
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Introduction to Pneumatic Logic Ep1.
• • Report: Submit one week after experiment.



• • Experiment 5:
• • Procedure: Introduction to PLC and Ladder Logic.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Ladder Logic Basics | PLC Tutorial.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Basic PLC Instructions.
• • Report: Submit one week after experiment.



• • Experiment 7:
• • Procedure: Data Acquisition and LabVIEW.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Writing Your First NI LabVIEW Program.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Using Counters and Digital I/O on USB Data Acquisition Devices.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Generating a Signal with Your Computer.
• • Report: Submit one week after experiment.



• • Experiment 8:
• • Procedure: PID Controller.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) What Is PID Control? Understanding PID Control.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) What does a PID controller do? .
• • Report: Submit one week after experiment.



• • Experiment 9:
• • Procedure: Instrumentation Amplifier.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Differential Amplifier Design.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Instrumentation Amplifiers Explained.
• • Report: Submit one week after experiment.



• • Experiment 10:
• • Procedure: Thermocouple.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) What is a Thermocouple? | How do They Work?
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) Thermocouple basic working principles.
• • VIDEO: (Watch BEFORE experiment) How Thermocouples Work + RTD.
• • Report: Submit one week after experiment.