Course

Unit 1

Introduction to Mechatronics, application areas of mechatronics, design process, systems, measurement and control system, review of sensors and transducers, signal conditioning- operational amplifier, filtering, pulse modulation, analog and digital signals, actuation systems- mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical actuation.

Unit 2

System models- mathematical models, building blocks-mechanical, electrical, fluid systems, thermal systems, electromechanical, modeling dynamic systems: first order and second order, performance measures, transfer functions, systems with feedback loops, systems in series, closed-loop controllers, proportional, integral, derivative, PID, adaptive and digital control systems, Mechatronic designs -case studies.

Unit 3

Microprocessor building blocks, combinational and sequential logic elements, memory, timing, and instruction execution fundamentals with an example of primitive microprocessor, Introduction to Embedded Processors. ARM Architecture – Programmer’s Model, Pipelined data path design. Memory system design- Cache Memory, Memory Management unit, Virtual Memory. Overview of 8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers. Introduction to ARM-based Microcontrollers – Architecture, Peripherals – Input/output ports, Timers, ADC, DAC, PWM, Quadrature Encoder, Advanced communication interfaces.

Course Objective

• To familiarize about the integration of electronics in mechanical design for automation applications
• To understand the use of different types of microprocessors/microcontrollers on mechatronics system design

Course Outcomes

CO-PO Mapping

Skills Acquired

Ability to implement digital solutions to the manufacturing environment and deploy mechatronics principles.

1. William Bolton, “Mechatronics: Electronic Control Systems in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering”, 7th Edition, Pearson, 2019.
2. Devdas Shetty, Richard Kolk, “Mechatronics System Design,” 2^nd Edition(SI), Cengage Learning, 2011.
3. Saurabh Chandrakar Nilesh Bhaskarrao Bahadure, “Microcontrollers and Embedded System Design”, First Edition, Dreamtech Press, 2019.
4. William Hohl and Christopher Hinds, “ARM Assembly Language: Fundamentals and Techniques”, Second Edition, CRC Press, 2016.
5. Curtis Johnson, Process Control Instrumentation Technology, Eighth Edition, Pearson, 2014