The article deals with the issues related to the design of control devices for technological equipment based on artificial neural networks. The algorithm of the neural network training process based on the Widrow-Hoff method is developed, designed for computer-aided design of artificial neural networks operating in the environment of a microprocessor system or a personal computer. The authors perform a software implementation of the algorithm for training a three-layer neural network using the C# programming language on the platform Microsoft.NET. The program uses a neural network training algorithm with a "teacher". The article shows the interface of interaction of the developed program with the "teacher" (designer of neural networks). An example is given of the development of an artificial neural network that performs the function of a binary number adder. The results of the research can be further used in the development of a computer-aided design system for artificial neural networks, and can also be used in the development of software for microprocessor control systems for technological equipment.

Keywords: artificial neural network, training, algorithm, programming language, neuron bias, adder, input signals, output signals, synaptic connections, neurons

issues of optimization of the structure of the container pneumatic transport system are considered. The expediency of combining the functions of the equipment included in the transport system is shown. A functional diagram of a universal module that performs the functions of all blocks of a pneumatic transport system is presented. A block diagram of a microprocessor control system that provides the functioning of the mechanisms of a universal module is proposed.

Keywords: microprocessor system, pneumatic transport system, transport container, stations of the transport system, control algorithm, structure of the transport system, transport pipeline