Introduction to Mechatronics (333-0-21)

Instructors

Nicholas Marchuk
847/467-1223

Meeting Info

Tech Institute Lecture Room 4: Tues, Thurs 12:30PM - 1:50PM

Overview of class

Introduction to microprocessor controlled electromechanical systems. Interfacing sensors and actuators to computers, electrical and mechanical prototyping, dissection of commercial product. Final team project.

This course is taken by engineering and computer science students interested in the design of microprocessor-controlled electromechanical systems.

Introduction to the design of microprocessor-controlled electromechanical systems. Interfacing sensors and actuators to a personal computer and a single-board computer. Electrical and mechanical design, prototyping, and construction. Dissection of a commercial mechatronic product. Students work in teams to produce final computer-controlled electromechanical projects of their own design.

Registration Requirements

Prerequisite: MECH_ENG 233, EECS 221 or consent of instructor.

Evaluation Method

Labs, Quizzes, Homework and Final Project.

Class Materials (Required)

None

Class Materials (Suggested)

READING: Embedded Computing and Mechatronics with the PIC32 Microcontroller, Kevin Lynch, Nicholas Marchuk, Matthew Elwin, Newnes 2015

Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems, Second Edition, D. G. Alciatore and M. B. Histand, McGraw-Hill, 2003, ISBN 0-07-240241-5.

Other Sources:

The Art of Electronics, second edition, P. Horowitz and W. Hill, Cambridge University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-521-37095-7.

Mechatronics: Electronic Control Systems in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, second edition, W. Bolton, Addison Wesley Longman, 1999, ISBN 0-582-35705-5.

Mobile Robots: Inspiration to Implementation, second edition, J. Jones, A. Flynn, and B. Seiger, AK Peters, 1999, ISBN 1-56881-097-0.

Mechanical Devices for the Electronics Experimenter, B. Rorabaugh, TAB Books (Division of Mc-Graw Hill), 1995, ISBN 0-07-053547-7.