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Courses Handbook 2015

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MXEN4001 (v.1) Mechatronic Systems Design

Area: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Science Laboratory: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 12906 (v.3) Mechatronic Systems Design 431 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s): 308825 (v.1) Mechatronic Project 332 or any previous version
OR
MXEN3000 (v.1) Mechatronics Design Project or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Mechatronic Motion system design: Modelling electro-mechanical drive systems. Motion sensing technology; incremental optical encoder. Position control - use of Proportaional Integral Derivative (PID), and model-based control schemes. Mechatronic Automation: Manipulator terminology, coordinate frames, homgenous matrix transformations, Industrial Robotics, Denavit-Hartberg Parameters and Modular Automation. Mechatronic Drive technologies: Electrical actuators, relative advantages, applications and control characteristics. Dc servo motors, terminology, driver circuits. Sizing/selection of dc servo 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 a dc motor drive system. This includes the interface electronics, software, modelling and analysis of a number of control schemes for position control.
Field of Education: 031303 Electronic Engineering
Result Type: Grade/Mark


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Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

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