The two semester course is essentially a course on software for control. Important aspects of this field are treated: calculations, visualizations, networking, real-time. The basic technologies used are Java, UML and XML. Design patterns and frameworks form the basis of the designs which must be adaptable to the concrete control tasks. Project phases are an important part of the courses.

The course shows a systematic way of using computers for design and implementation of process control systems. A special emphasis will be given to real-time control aspects and graphical user interface design. Participants at the end will be familiar with the software design and development process as seen from the perspective of embedded control engineers.