Introduction to Mechatronics
Mechatronics Key Elements
Life cycle factors, Hardware-in-the-loop, Mechatronics Design process, Computer aided developmment
Sensors-static characteristics
Sensors-dynamic characteristics, Temperature sensing, RTD
Sensor characteristics (contd.)
Thermistors, Thermocouples
Light sensors - photoemissive cell, photoconductive cell
Resistive transducer - potentiometer, strain gauge
Inductive transducers - LVDT
Capacitive sensors, Piezoelectric transducers, Hall effect sensors
Encoders
Signal conditioning, opamp
Ideal opamp, Inverting amplifier
Non-inverting amplifier, summing amplifier
Protection circuits
Sampling and quantization
DACs R-2R ladder
R-2R ladder continued
Successive Approximation Type ADC
Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
Pneumatic systems, valves
Directional control valve
Directional control valve (contd)
Valves, control of single acting cylinder
Cylinder sequencing
Sequencing (contd.) Electrical actuators intro, Relay switch
Electropneumatic sequencing, Solid state switches, Thyristors
Thyristors, Bipolar Junction Transistors
Transistor, MOSFET, Solenoid, Servomotors
Stepper motors, PLC intro, Basic structure, Input/Output interface, Ladder programming intro
Ladder programming, Logic, Latches, Internal Relay
Ladder programming, Timer, Counter, Shift Register, Data handling
Analog input/output, Mnemonics, Selection of PLCs, Intro to Microprocessors, Architecture Diagram, ALU
Timing control unit, IR, Decoding unit, Register array, Serial IO, Interrupt control, Address, Address/Data buffer, Immediate, register, direct addressing mode
Indirect, Implicit addressing modes, Pin diagram
