Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

12906 (v.3) Mechatronic Systems Design 431


Area: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 308825 (v.1) Mechatronic Project 332 or any previous version
Syllabus: Mechatronic motion system design: modelling electromechanical drive systems. Motion sensing technology. Incremental optical encoder. Position control: use of proportional-integrated-derivative (PID) and model-based control schemes. Mechatronic automation: manipulator terminology. Coordinate frames. Homogenous matrix transformations. DOF/DOM. Industrial robotics and modular automation. Mechatronic drive technologies: electrical actuators. Relative advantages. Applications and control characteristics. DC servomechanism motors, terminology, driver circuits. Sizing and selection of DC servomechanism motors, duty cycle load calculations. Design exercise: working in groups of two, students are required to design and implement a PC-based motion controller for aDC motor drivesystem. This includes the interface electronics, software, modelling and analysis of a number of control schemes for position control.
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Field of Education: 031303 Electronic Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Essential
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

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