• Overview
• Specifications
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Requirements

CSE232s AND MDP211s

Description

• English Description
  
  Introduction, History of industrial revolutions, concurrent design philosophy and methodologies, mechatronics system components, configuration and synergetic integration between mechanical system, electrical/electronics, sensors, actuators, control systems … etc. Introduction to microcontrollers such as Arduino: Arduino hardware overview, fundamentals and microcontroller board specifications, programming and understanding Arduino syntax, Examples on Arduino programming and using digital inputs/outputs and analog inputs in Arduino. Tips should be considered to build successful mechanical machines, actuator types such as stepper motors, Dc motors, AC motors, servo motors, pneumatics, hydraulics, …etc., selection criteria, and tips to select suitable actuators, electronic circuits and building printed circuits board (PCBs) tips. Select suitable: sensors, signal conditioning circuits, relays, motor drivers such as H-bridge, stepper motor driver modes (full step, half step, microstepping). Microcontroller-based control using Arduino, examples on motor speed control using Arduino and PWM, using incremental encoders to measure motor speeds and angle, using Arduino for sensor data acquisition, …etc. There will be labs and mini-projects throughout the course activities to integrate mechanical systems (based on the mini-project descriptions), sensors, signal conditioning, actuators, drivers and control them using microcontroller
• Arabic Description
  
  Introduction, History of industrial revolutions, concurrent design philosophy and methodologies, mechatronics system components, configuration and synergetic integration between mechanical system, electrical/electronics, sensors, actuators, control systems … etc. Introduction to microcontrollers such as Arduino: Arduino hardware overview, fundamentals and microcontroller board specifications, programming and understanding Arduino syntax, Examples on Arduino programming and using digital inputs/outputs and analog inputs in Arduino. Tips should be considered to build successful mechanical machines, actuator types such as stepper motors, Dc motors, AC motors, servo motors, pneumatics, hydraulics, …etc., selection criteria, and tips to select suitable actuators, electronic circuits and building printed circuits board (PCBs) tips. Select suitable: sensors, signal conditioning circuits, relays, motor drivers such as H-bridge, stepper motor driver modes (full step, half step, microstepping). Microcontroller-based control using Arduino, examples on motor speed control using Arduino and PWM, using incremental encoders to measure motor speeds and angle, using Arduino for sensor data acquisition, …etc. There will be labs and mini-projects throughout the course activities to integrate mechanical systems (based on the mini-project descriptions), sensors, signal conditioning, actuators, drivers and control them using microcontroller