ME 497 Electromechanical Systems and Applied Mechatronics (3 cr.)

Syllabus

Outcomes: After completion of this course, the students should be able to:

1. Use transistors to switch loads [a, b, e]

2. Analyze and implement operational amplifier circuits [a, b, e]

3. Identify the basics of amplitude and phase linearity, bandwidth, step and frequency response of 0, 1st and 2nd order systems [a, e]

4. Analyze and implement basic digital combinational logic networks [a, b, e]

5. Program microcontroller and interface with input switches, output LEDs and loads [a, b, e, k]

6. Understand relationship between sampling rate and signal bandwidth [a, e]

7. Use electromechanical sensors including hands-on experience with roughly half of the following: proximity switches, potentiometers, linear variable differential transformers, optical encoders, strain gages, load cells, thermocouples and accelerometers [a, b, c, d, e, k]

8. Control electromechanical machinery including hands-on experience with roughly half of the following six categories: AC, DC and stepper motors, solenoids, hydraulic and pneumatic actuators [a, b, c, d, e, k]


Note: The letters within the brackets indicate the general program outcomes of mechanical engineering. See: ME Program Outcomes.