Smart Sensor and Identification Systems 1 Flex


Course number : 8100020    ID : 67716    Program Code : 001:FlexFA26

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The difference between a sensor and a smart sensor is that a smart sensor talks. Instead of a single on/off wire back to a controller, it reports a measured value, its own configuration, and its own health over the network — and when identification technology is added, the part moving down the line carries its identity with it. That combination is what lets a plant trace a product, change over a line without rewiring it, and see a sensor drifting before it fails.

This course covers connecting, configuring, adjusting, programming, monitoring, and operating smart sensors, including analog pressure and ultrasonic, photoelectric, and stack light devices, along with barcode readers and RFID readers. You will wire smart sensors and connect them to an Ethernet network either directly or through IO-Link Masters, configure those masters, download IODD and EDS files, interpret sensor and IO-Link Master status indicators, and monitor sensor health across the network. On the identification side, you will program RFID tags and print barcode labels, set up and operate RFID readers, and configure readers and an Ethernet-serial converter to communicate with a PLC. Finally, you will configure and program PLCs to receive data from smart sensors, RFID, and barcode readers and act on it in common process applications.

This course prepares you to test for the Smart Automation Certification Alliance (SACA) C-213 Smart Sensor and Identification Systems 1 certification.

Class Details

0 Session(s)

Location
TechWorks Campus – Automation & Robotics Center – 2nd Floor #215 – Wednesday: Controls Instructor Night

Instructor
Multiple

CEUs : 4.4

Start Date:upon registration

 

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FLEX FORMAT: This course is offered in Hawkeye's Flex format at the second floor of the Automation and Robotics Center (ARC). Flex is competency-based and a flipped classroom: you complete the theory in the Learning Management System (LMS) online on your own schedule, then come to the ARC open lab to practice and demonstrate hands-on skills on the matching industrial trainers. You advance by demonstrating skill mastery of each competency, not seat time. Flex lab nights are Monday–Thursday, 5:00–9:00 pm, with an instructor and lab assistant on duty; the lab is also open for independent work Monday–Thursday from 3:00 pm-5:00 pm, and Fridays 8:00 am–4:00 pm. The subject-matter expert for this course is scheduled for Wednesday night; plan to attend that night each week for in-depth help and hands-on competency testing. Rolling enrollment: start any week. Refer to your registration form or class details for the timeline to complete the course from your start date. This course aligns with the C-213 Smart Sensor and Identification Systems 1 micro-credential. The course fee includes two attempts at the SACA Silver (knowledge) exam and one attempt at the SACA Gold (hands-on) exam, administered at the ARC.

 

DEVICE AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS: The online portion of this course uses a Learning Management System (LMS). Click for minimum device requirements to access LMS! Students without a qualifying device may borrow a Hawkeye laptop by requesting the Laptop Checkout Form; the student is responsible for repair or replacement costs if the laptop is damaged, lost, or stolen. Safety glasses (one pair provided) and closed-toe shoes are required at all times in the ARC lab.

 

 

Tuition  $1,499.00

Registration Closes On
Thursday, December 31, 2026 @ 12:00 AM

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Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
Waterloo, TechWorks Campus Automation & Robotics Center  Map, Room: Controls Lab & Instructor—Wednesday Nights Christopher Kane  ; Kevin Taylor 

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