Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Computer
Control
- Advantages
- Can work for 24hours a
day without a break
- Can work without
holidays or sick
breaks
- Works for free, No
wages
- Can repeat actions
accuretly over and over
again
- Can process data
from sensors very
quickly
- Disadvantages
- The Software for the
control system is
specialist and can cost
alot of money to be
developed
- If the computer
beaks or stops
working the software
won't work.
- The software can't react to
unexpected events that
could happen
- It can only do what it has
been programed to do
- It won't work if there is a
power cut
- People might want to
have a human expert to
do it instead although
computer control
softwares can do the job
just as well
- e.g
- Pilot
- What is it?
- Computer control means that
the computer is part of a
control system. The computer
is normal used to run the
control program. "Computer" is
used very loosely as it can be a
microchip or processor
embedded with the
equiptment.
- Sensors (input)
- ADC analouge to digital
converter (Process)
- The computer on takes in the values "0" or "1", the ADC
converts the information from Analouge to digital which is
waves to numbers.
- Output
- Once the process has be done the action
will take place depending on what it was
programed to do
- e.g
- If it's too cold the windows will close or
if it's too hot they heating will be
turned off etc.
- A sensor is a device that messures an action for
example a matt that detects someone stepping on it or a
heat sensor that checks for certin tempecture