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<h3>Electronics</h3>
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* Analog
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** Basic Linear Circuits Review
*** Voltage Dividers
*** RC Transient Response
*** Passive Filters
*** ...
** Transistors and Diodes
** Operational Amplifiers
*** Summer
*** Difference Amplifier
*** Low-Pass Filter
*** ...
** Instrumentation Amps
* Digital
* Power Supplies, Voltage Regulation, and Batteries
* Shielding, Grounding, Noise Suppression, etc.
* Drawing Schematics and Ordering Printed Circuit Boards (Eagle, Circuit Maker, Trax Maker)
* Prototyping Tools
** Oscilloscope
** Function Generator
** Mastech Power Supply
** Fluke III Multimeter
** Benchtop Multimeter
** Powered Breadboard
** Soldering Iron

<h3>Sensors</h3>

* Beam Breaker: Laser + Photodiode/Phototransistor
* Beam Breaker: Optointerrupter
* Proximity: Optoreflector
* Proximity: Reed Switch
* Proximity, Angle: Hall Effect Sensor
* Angle: Potentiometer
* Angle: Rotary Encoder
* Angular Velocity: Tachometer
* Linear Position: Slide Potentiometer
* Ambient Light: Photocell
* Temperature: Thermotransistor IC
* Audio: Microphone
* Tilt, Acceleration: Accelerometer
* Force: Strain Gauge
* Current: Current Sense Resistor
* Contact: Microswitch (Limit Switch)

<h3>Actuators</h3>

* [[DC Motors|Brushed DC Motors]]
** Theory
** Practice: Driving Your DC Motor
*** [[Linear Amplifier]]
*** Pulse Width Modulation
** Brushless DC Motors in Brief
* Stepper Motors
** Theory
** Practice: Driving Your Stepper
* RC Servos
** [[RC Servo Theory|Theory]]
** [[555 Servo Circuit|Practice: Driving Your Servo]]
* Solenoids
** Theory
** Practice: Driving Your Solenoid
* AC Motors
* [[Actuators Available in the Mechatronics Lab]]

<h3>Mechanical Design</h3>

* Power Transmission
** Gears (spur, bevel, worm, planetary, harmonic drive, rack and pinion, ball and lead screws, inertia matching)
** Belt drives
* Linkages
* Attaching to a Shaft (flexible couplers, keyways, set screws, compression fit)
* Other: springs/dampers, cams, etc.

<h3>The PC/104 Stack</h3>

* [[PC104 Overview|Overview]]
* The PC/104 Lab Kit
* Hardware:
** [[pc104_power|Power Components]]
** [[pc104_IO|I/O Electronics: Analog I/O, Digital I/O, Encoder Connections]]
* Quickstart: Creating Your First xPC Program with the PC/104 Stack
* Using the PC/104 Stack Outside the Lab
* Advanced: Creating a Working Stack from Parts
** [[Building the Breakout Board]]
** Creating a Flash Boot Disk and Putting It Together

<h3>xPC Target Real-Time Operating System</h3>

* Overview of Real-Time Programming with Simulink and xPC Target
* Creating Your First xPC Program
* Commonly Used Blocks
* Code Examples
** Controlling a DC Motor with an Encoder
** Something With State Machine
** Something with Interesting I/O (UDP, RS-232 in real-time; logged data at the end of a run; polled data from a Matlab script)
** M-functions and S-functions
* Standalone Mode with xPC Target Embedded Option

<h3>QNX Real-Time Operating System</h3>

<h3>Other Lab Tools</h3>

* The Sensoray 626 DAQ Card
* The Handyboard Single-Board Computer

<h3>Lab Supplies and Data Sheets</h3>

<h3>Vendors</h3>

Revision as of 14:58, 3 May 2006

The mechatronics design reference page provides a comprehensive list of theory and applications of electronics, sensors, actuators, etc. that can be used for mechatronics-related research and projects.


Electronics

  • Analog
    • Basic Linear Circuits Review
      • Voltage Dividers
      • RC Transient Response
      • Passive Filters
      • ...
    • Transistors and Diodes
    • Operational Amplifiers
      • Summer
      • Difference Amplifier
      • Low-Pass Filter
      • ...
    • Instrumentation Amps
  • Digital
  • Power Supplies, Voltage Regulation, and Batteries
  • Shielding, Grounding, Noise Suppression, etc.
  • Drawing Schematics and Ordering Printed Circuit Boards (Eagle, Circuit Maker, Trax Maker)
  • Prototyping Tools
    • Oscilloscope
    • Function Generator
    • Mastech Power Supply
    • Fluke III Multimeter
    • Benchtop Multimeter
    • Powered Breadboard
    • Soldering Iron

Sensors

  • Beam Breaker: Laser + Photodiode/Phototransistor
  • Beam Breaker: Optointerrupter
  • Proximity: Optoreflector
  • Proximity: Reed Switch
  • Proximity, Angle: Hall Effect Sensor
  • Angle: Potentiometer
  • Angle: Rotary Encoder
  • Angular Velocity: Tachometer
  • Linear Position: Slide Potentiometer
  • Ambient Light: Photocell
  • Temperature: Thermotransistor IC
  • Audio: Microphone
  • Tilt, Acceleration: Accelerometer
  • Force: Strain Gauge
  • Current: Current Sense Resistor
  • Contact: Microswitch (Limit Switch)

Actuators

Mechanical Design

  • Power Transmission
    • Gears (spur, bevel, worm, planetary, harmonic drive, rack and pinion, ball and lead screws, inertia matching)
    • Belt drives
  • Linkages
  • Attaching to a Shaft (flexible couplers, keyways, set screws, compression fit)
  • Other: springs/dampers, cams, etc.

The PC/104 Stack

xPC Target Real-Time Operating System

  • Overview of Real-Time Programming with Simulink and xPC Target
  • Creating Your First xPC Program
  • Commonly Used Blocks
  • Code Examples
    • Controlling a DC Motor with an Encoder
    • Something With State Machine
    • Something with Interesting I/O (UDP, RS-232 in real-time; logged data at the end of a run; polled data from a Matlab script)
    • M-functions and S-functions
  • Standalone Mode with xPC Target Embedded Option

QNX Real-Time Operating System

Other Lab Tools

  • The Sensoray 626 DAQ Card
  • The Handyboard Single-Board Computer

Lab Supplies and Data Sheets

Vendors

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