Course Detail Part 1 : Substation Automation – an overview This part overviews the development of substation protection and control system from conventional to the digital substation with some pictures of a real substation. Then, it presents the importance of communication in this system and why it is needed to use a common communication protocol and molding function system in the substation automation system. Part 2 : An introduction to IEC 61850 & how to learn it effectively A brief history of the standard from IEC 61850 Ed. 1 to IEC 61850 Ed. 2 and its purpose and benefits are presented in this module. One of the problems for learning IEC 61850 is the variety of documents and topics and the gap between academics and industry in this area. This part introduces an effective way to learn practical IEC 61850 standards. Part 3: Overview of the main features of IEC 61850 – Part I This part overviews the OSI model, MMS protocol, and the devices that are used in the IE