1. Introduction: - automation from the point of view of physics, computers in the measurement process, economic benefit, qualitative benefit.
2. Process automation
3. Microcontrollers - management, hardware, software
4. Control, bus, protocols
5. Mathematical logic, binary system, Boolean algebra, representation of numbers
6. Basics of electricity, circuits, electrical elements, simple electrical circuits in the process of automation, control and regulation
7. Sensors and converters between electrical and non-electric quantities: sensors of pressure, temperature, mechanical stress, changes in length, changes in volume.
amplifiers, filters, multiplexers, counters
8. Programming in Python or Matlab using instructions to control devices
9. Use of automation and regulation in the construction industry
10. Excursion: demonstration of specialized research instruments.
11. Processing of signals and data
12. Application for environmental development
13. Discussion, selection of student topics