MECHATRONICS "is a compound word of" Mechanics "and" Electronics ".
In this course, we treat basis of the digital circuits, micro computer, sensors, A-D converter, D-A converter and actuators.
In this course, we treat basis of the digital circuits, micro computer, sensors, A-D converter, D-A converter and actuators.
In this lecture, in the basic mechatronics system, students understand the fundamental knowledge of mechanical engineering,
electrical engineering, software engineering, control engineering.
- Understand the operation of the basic of the analog and digital circuits, and analyze and calculate circuit examples.
- Understand the mechanism and fundamental characteristics of sensors and actuators, and calculate operational analysis for concrete application examples.
- Understand the system configuration of mechatronics and design the basic interface between mechanics, electronics and software.
| Class schedule | HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) | Amount of Time Required | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Introduction of Mechatronics | Investigate about what is "Mechatronics". | 60minutes |
| Investigate the each part of mechanics, electronics and software used in appliances around us. | 60minutes | ||
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. | 60minutes | ||
| 2. | Basis of digital theorem: - Sampling and quantization - Boolean argebra - Numeric representation and coding |
Investigate the basic formula of Boolean argebra and the Carnot diagram. | 60minutes |
| Solve exercises of basic logic. | 60minutes | ||
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. | 60minutes | ||
| 3. | Electronics: - Electric circuit - Electric elements |
Review on Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's law. | 60minutes |
| Solve exercises of circuit analysis including basic electronic elements. | 60minutes | ||
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. | 60minutes | ||
| 4. | Analog / Digital circuit: - Operational amplifier - AND / OR / NOT gate - Combination logic circuit 1 |
Investigate the Operational amplifier, basic logic gates (AND / OR / NOT / XOR). | 60minutes |
| Solve exercises of the operational amplifier and combinational logic circuit. | 60minutes | ||
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. | 60minutes | ||
| 5. | - Combination logic circuit 2 - A/D, D/A converter |
Investigate A/D, D/A circuit. | 60minutes |
| Solve exercises of the A/D and D/A circuit. | 60minutes | ||
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. | 60minutes | ||
| 6. | Synchronous / Asynchronous circuit ,Addition / Subtraction circuit | investigate the Clock (Synchronous) signal. Review of addition and subtraction in binary numbers. |
60minutes |
| Solve exercises of the synchronous / asynchronous circuit. Exercise of addition and subtraction circuit by complement representation. |
60minutes | ||
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. | 60minutes | ||
| 7. | Mid-term exam. and explanations | Review in the range of the mid-term exam. | 190minutes |
| Review of the mid-term exam. | 60minutes | ||
| 8. | Mechnism | Reviws of the Mechanisum lecture. | 120minutes |
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. | 60minutes | ||
| 9. | Mechanism and usage of sensors | Investigate the sensors used in appliances around us. | 60minutes |
| Classify sensors used for appliances around us by mechanism, by physical quantity. | 60minutes | ||
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. | 60minutes | ||
| 10. | Actuators: - electric actuator - hydraulic actuator - pneumatic actuator |
Investigate the actuators used in appliances around us. | 60minutes |
| Classify actuators used for appliances around us by mechanism, by physical quantity. | 60minutes | ||
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. | 60minutes | ||
| 11. | Motor Mechanism and driving method; DC motor, servo motor, stepping motor |
Investigate mechanism of the general DC motor. | 60minutes |
| Solve exercises on characteristics of the DC motor. | 60minutes | ||
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. | 60minutes | ||
| 12. | Application examples: mechatronics in robotics | Survey applications in the field of robotics. | 60minutes |
| Design exercise about the interface between mechanics, electronics and software in robotics. | 60minutes | ||
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. | 60minutes | ||
| 13. | The future of mechatronics: submit report |
Survey challenges in mechatronics field. | 60minutes |
| Investigate the mutual relationship between other fields and mechatronics field. | 60minutes | ||
| Reread the lecture materials and deepen understanding. Make a homework report. |
60minutes | ||
| 14. | Term-end exam and explanations | Review of all this course. | 180minutes |
| Review of the term-end exam. | 60minutes | ||
| Total. | - | - | 2650minutes |
| Mid-term exam | Reports | Term-end exam | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 30% | 5% | 5% | 40% |
| 2. | 5% | 25% | 30% | |
| 3. | 10% | 10% | 10% | 30% |
| Total. | 40% | 20% | 40% | - |
Mid-term exam. 40%, term-end exam. 40%, reports 20%.
pass 60 points or more. At the level of the 60 points, students can do following;
- Calculate basic analog / digital circuits.
- Calculate basic adapting examples of sensors and actuators.
- Design interface between machine, circuit and software in the standard mechatronics systems.
pass 60 points or more. At the level of the 60 points, students can do following;
- Calculate basic analog / digital circuits.
- Calculate basic adapting examples of sensors and actuators.
- Design interface between machine, circuit and software in the standard mechatronics systems.
- Make an appointment by email. Asking questions by email is also acceptable.
- Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
| Work experience | Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicatable |
|---|---|
| N/A | N/A |
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