Electromechanics

Course aim

To introduce students to the principles and uses of key electromechanical components of mechatronic systems.

Course content

Introduction to electromechanical sensors, motors and actuators and the process of designing mechatronic systems.

Switching devices: mechanical and electrical switches, relays, solenoids, voice coils and transistors.

Experimental measurements and statistics: concepts such as accuracy, precision, resolution, reproducibility and sensitivity. The distinction between practical and statistically significant differences.

Data acquisition and practical implementations of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion.

Introduction to the frequency domain: aliasing, construction of complex signals from sinusoids and filtering.

Introduction to sensors and transducers: measurement variables including displacement, velocity, force, sound, light and temperature. Uses, models and limitations of sensors.

Heat exchange and modelling.

Introduction to motors: performance characteristics. Selection of appropriate motors for tasks. Types and applications of linear motors. Special motors including servo , permanent magnet , variable reluctance and stepper motors. Motor control.

Pneumatics: components and design of simple electro-pneumatic circuits. Differences between electrical and pneumatic actuation.

Fluids and fluidics: principles behind fluid qualities, fluidic logic and the comparison between mechanical, electrical and fluidic implementations of logic functions.

Computer-sensor interfaces: uses and applications data acquisition,interfacing to physical devices and implementing simple feedback control loops between sensors and actuators.

Textbook(s)

Alciatore DG and Histand MB 2012, Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems, 4th, McGraw-Hill

Prerequisite(s)

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Examination, In-class tutorial preparation questions, In-class tutuorial preparation questions, Practical project, Practical report, Practical Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.