Review of system modeling and representation; Microcontroller architecture(s), programming, interfacing & communications; Data acquisition, Signal conditioning, Filter design, Analog-to-Digital (A/D) and Digital-to-Analog (D/A) conversion; Control, Signal Processing, Fourier Series & Transform, Frequency response, Noise and Filtering; Introduction to Electronics, Digital and logic devices, Power electronics, Sensors/Actuators interfacing; Design of control loops for performance and stability (e.g via lead/lag controllers); Implementation of real-time computation tasks; Mechatronics system case studies.

This course will be conducted in conjunction with significant laboratory-based design experiments.

Suggested Text:

  1. Introduction to Mechatronics by Edward J. Carryer, et al.
  2. Introduction to Mechatronics & Measurement Systems by David G. Alciatore, Michael B. Histand