Industrial Electronics

Catalog description

This course prepares students to connect, operate, adjust, and troubleshoot industrial electronic systems used in automation, motor control, and heating applications. Emphasis is placed on electronic safety, reading schematics, testing components, and systematic fault isolation using digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, and status indicators. Students work with linear and switching DC power supplies, input circuits, and electronic switching and control devices. Topics include rectification, filtering, and regulation; Wheatstone bridge circuits; relays and solid-state power devices, operational amplifiers; and SCR/TRIAC control circuits. The course also covers industrial analog sensors (temperature, pressure, proximity) and basic signal conditioning for reliable integration into control systems. Students may earn a Smart Automation Certification Alliance (SACA) C-305 Industrial Electronic Systems 1 and a C-306 Industrial Electronic Systems 2 industry micro-credential.