Marine Electronics

Course Objective: On completion of this course, the participant should be able to:

• identify electronic components and their various applications on board
• demonstrate the use of various test and measuring instruments used in electronics
• trace and analyze electronic circuits
• carry out routine maintenance and troubleshooting on electronic equipment
• investigate a faulty marine electronic equipment logically in order to troubleshoot & in some cases, repair the fault
• communicate with shore-based service personnel with adequate technological knowledge
• learn through sharing of experiences amongst participants

Duration: 3 days

Suggested Target Group: Marine Engineers & Electrical Officers

Course Contents:

Day-1:

• Electronic Component Identification.
• Passive & Active Components & AC/DC Circuits
• Testing techniques
• Circuit Symbol, Usage & Applications.
• Probability of going faulty and Fault status.

Day-2:

• Operation of Regulator, stabilizer, safeguarding circuits.
• Harmonic Filter Circuits – Concerns & consequences.
• Linear & Switched Mode Power Supply Circuit – Operation and Troubleshooting.
• Discussion on typical faults and troubleshooting electronic faults in Remote Controller Unit (RCU) or Remote IO Modules (RIOM)
• Associated technique to zoom in to the faulty area (Hardware or Software-wise).
• Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) – Operation, Protections, Precautions & Trouble-shooting techniques.

Day-3:

• Navigational Equipment layout and interconnections on Bridge, Radar Block diagram, Power distribution, routine maintenance & common faults.
• Replacement of Magnetron & Tracing of various Radar Power Supply circuits.
• Introduction to GMDSS plant. Interrelation and power distribution to various integrated equipment.
• Architecture of PLC, IO Field Instrumentation - connection in Programmable Logic Controllers., Proximity Sensors, different types, Configuration of Sinking & Sourcing devices.