308824 (v.1) Mechatronic Project 234

Area:	Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits:	12.5
Contact Hours:	4.0
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 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	307543 (v.4) Electrical Systems 100 or any previous version AND 310207 (v.1) Engineering Programming 100 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Embedded microcontroller programming, simulation, compiling and downloading, using timers and interrupts; basic PCB design using CAD software; voltage-regulated power supply design; optoisolation; serial communications; UART interfacing; 'master-slave' protocol design; high-level PC programming; PWM control of DC motors, using analog-to-digital converters, using matrix keypads and controlling LCD displays. Students work in teams to program and control a mobile robot.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	030701 Mechanical Engineering
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Supplemental *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
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External