Description
Mechatronics is the synergistic integration of mechanism, electronics, and computer control to achieve a functional system. The course emphasizes system integration in which small teams of students configure, design and implement a succession of mechatronic subsystems, leading to a main project. Lecture will complement the laboratory experience with the operational principles, and integrated design issues associated with mechanism, electronics and control components. Topics include: mechanisms, actuators, motor drives, sensors and electronic interfaces, microcontroller hardware and programming and basic controllers.
