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MERU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

P.O Box 972-60200 – Meru Kenya

Tel: 020-2069349, 061-2309217. 064-30320 cell phone: +254712524293, +254789151411

Fax: 064-30321

Website: www.must.ac.ke Email: [email protected]

University Examinations 2020/2021

FOURTH YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

EMT 3404: AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY

DATE: SEPTEMBER 2021


TIME : 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS:
i. This paper contains 5 questions
ii. You are required to answer only 3 questions
iii. Question 1 is compulsory and carries 30 marks
iv. Attempt any other 2 questions

QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)


a) What is programmable logic controller? (2 marks)
b) State 3 advantages of PLC (3 marks)
c) Differentiate between A/D and D/A converters (3 marks)
d) Construct a table of analogue input against digital output up to 5th element of a 12 bit ADC
for analogue input in the range of 0 to 15 v (4 marks)
e) Briefly explain the term latching (2 marks)
f) Implement NAND gate using the following;
i. Ladder diagram (2 marks)
ii. Functional blocks in PLC (2 marks)

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g) Three switches A, B, and C. connect a lamp. The lamp will light when any two switches are
closed or when C is closed. For the lighting system:
i. Construct the truth table; (2 marks)
ii. Draw a ladder diagram that would implement the above lighting system (3 marks)
h) What is direct memory access (3 marks
i) Differentiate between memory organization and memory management (4 marks)

QUESTION TWO (15 MARKS)


a) Consider a production line problem involving a conveyor being used to transport
bottles to a packaging unit, the items being loaded onto the conveyor, checked to
ensure they are full, capped and then the correct number (4) of bottles being packed in
a container. The required control actions are thus: if a bottle is not full the conveyor is
stopped; activation of the capping machine when a bottle is at the required position,
the conveyor being stopped during this time; count four bottles and activate the
packing machine, the conveyor being stopped if another bottle comes to the packing
point at that time; sound an alarm when the conveyor is stopped. Write a ladder
program for the above system (7.5 marks)
b) With the aid of a block diagram discuss PLC system (7.5 marks)

QUESTION THREE (15 MARKS)


a) Discuss the internal architecture of a PLC system (3 marks)
b) Discuss memory segmentation ( 4 marks)
c) Convert the ladder program shown in figure Q3(c) into its equivalent functional block
program. (8 marks)

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Figure Q3(c) Ladder program

QUESTION FOUR (15 MARKS)


a) With the aid of a well labelled sketch explain polled PIC system of 8085 for I/O
mapped I/O (5marks)
b) Explain the basic concept of pipelining (6 marks)
c) With aid of a sketch differentiate between sourcing and sinking ( 4marks)

QUESTION FIVE (15 MARKS)


a) Discuss the available semiconductor memories for microprocessor systems.( 8 marks)
b) What is sequential function chart (2 marks)
c) Convert the ladder program shown in figure Q5(c) into its equivalent sequential
function chart (5 marks)

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Figure Q5(c) Ladder program

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