Mechatronics

Electrical circuits and components. Digital circuits, digital numbers. Sampling and quantization. Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion. Sensors and actuators. Electric motors. Programming of microcontrollers and interfacing for typical peripherals. Basic control-theory.

The course shall give knowledge about:

• Simple electrical circuits and electrical components.
• Basic digital technology and digital signals.
• Architecture, programming and interfaces for microcontrollers.
• Simple feed-back controllers such as PID.

The course shall develop skills in:

• Solve for current and voltage in simple electical circuits.
• Progamming of microcontrollers.
• Simple feed-back control.
• Plan and build simple mechatronic systems.
• Make informed choices of components, mechanisms, and control algorithms.

The course shall give general competence in:

• Development of mechatronic systems.

Lectures, exercises and laboratory tasks, both individual and group tasks.