Overview

This unit aims to introduce students to the enabling technologies of Industry 4.0, particularly those associated with manufacturing and production. The unit introduces technologies used in cyber-physical systems, digital twinning, digitisation and sensing.

Requisites

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 2
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
29-July-2024
27-October-2024
Last self-enrolment date
11-August-2024
Census date
31-August-2024
Last withdraw without fail date
13-September-2024
Results released date
03-December-2024

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Explain the operation of common IT communication protocols (K3)
  • Demonstrate the concept of a cyber-physical system and the concept of a digital twin (K3)
  • Create digital twins by incorporating modern sensing capability in cyber-physical systems (S1, S2, S3)
  • Create the architecture of flexible design systems that can incorporate future system designs (A3, S3)

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Live Online
Lecture		1.00 12 weeks 12
On-campus
Class		2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		9.50 12 weeks 114
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Assignment 1Individual 15 - 25% 1,2 
Assignment 2Individual/Group 35 - 45% 3 
Assignment 3Individual/Group 35 - 45% 4 

Content

  • Introduction to cyber-physical systems
  • Machine to machine communication and protocols (OPC/UA)
  • Production Automation OT and IT architecture (ISA-95, RAMI4.0 and OSI models)
  • Cloud based IIoT operating system ( Mindsphere)
  • Industrial networking and Data Communications
  • virtual commissioning and optimisation using digital twin
  • Sensor principles, architectures, and integration with cyber-physical systems
  • Service oriented architecture for future system design
  • Design smart, adaptive and flexible manufacturing systems

 

•    Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
•    Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy
•    Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Technical literacy

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.