Development of an IoT-based mini industrial automation trainer for school education in Malaysia

Saneh, Muhammad Zulhamizan (2020) Development of an IoT-based mini industrial automation trainer for school education in Malaysia. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

With current technology development and modernisation, automation have played a big role in the industrial civilisation. Automation is the technology of using various control systems to operate a system or equipment that mostly used in machinery and manufacturing processes. Automation could help in increasing productivity, efficiency, and safety in handling work and task done by humans while also replacing human workload in any difficult situation that requires accuracy and precision. Automation could also be control and monitor using PLC as main controller and the combination of computer-aided technologies or computer human interfaces that can also be known as Human-Machine Interface (HMI) as a secondary controller. This paper emphasises on the importance of automation knowledge that could be exposed through educational teaching by developing a training kit that describe a process of an industrial automation. The training kit should be in mini-size and acceptable for education that are user friendly for school purposes. The training kit is consisting of PLC and HMI interface as the controllers, as well as PLC input and output modules such as DC motors, switches and even some sensors. PLC input and output wiring along with the PLC programming also will be included in this paper for educational purposes. The project or training kit could also implement the IoT concept where the trainer kit could be maneuvered and monitored from distance making the education to be more flexible by using smart remotes or gadget facilities that are present nowadays. Consequently, the knowledge on the industrial automation technologies today could be pass on to the new generation.

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