PD215
PD215 (2022)
Mechatronics
Course Outline:
Course objective: Build basic understanding of mechatronics system, Analysis of mechatronics design problems, Learn to integrate various components of mechatronics system, Industrial controllers for mechatronics systems
Instructors: Prof. J E Diwakar, Dr. Manish Arora, Dr. Abhra Roy Chowdhury
Lecture Timing: Monday and Friday 9-10am
Lab/tutorial session Tuesdays 9-11am
Assignments: (5 Problem sets + Matlab /Simulink )
Project (Teams of 2/3): To be done in last 10 weeks only.
Evaluation: Assignments (10%), Mid Term exam (20%) x 2, Project Report and Prototype (20%), Final Exam (30%)
Self study topics:
Mechanical and Electronic elements, Basics of electronics
Course outline:
Intro Lecture: Introduction to Mechatronics (JED/MA/ARC) (Jan 7th)
Part I: Motion Actuation (JED)
Week 1: Motion and Motion – Conversion
Week 2: Load analysis for actuator selection
Week 3: Electro-mechanical energy conversion: Magnetism Review, Magnetic Circuits vs Electrical Circuits
Week 4: Solenoids and Stepper motors
Week 5: DC and AC motors and servo-control
Week 6: 1st Mid Sem Exam (15th Feb 2022)
Part II: Practical electronics for Product Design (MA) (18th Feb -29th March)
Week 7: Microcontroller, Microprocessors, Porotypeing platforms for electronics in Product design
Week 8: Polling and Interrupt handling, Interfacing Technologies, Serial port, SPI, I2C, current loops and other protocols device to device communications.
Week 9: Sensors; Characteristics of sensor; Digital and Analog sensors; Sensing Position, Velocity and Acceleration
Week 10: A/D conversion & Signal Conditioning
Week 11: MEMS sensors, Ultrasonics sensors and actuators (Pizeoelectric transducers), Pizeostrective transducers.
Week 12: Shape memory alloys and devices, 2nd Mid Sem: 29th March 2022
Part III: Control of Mechatronics Systems (ARC) (1th April– 22th April)
Week 13: Signals and Systems: Description and Classification of Signals, Mathematical operations on Signals, Properties of Signals and Systems, Functional & Operational Transforms.
Week 14: Feedback Control Systems: Motivation, Mathematical modelling: Electro-mechanical systems, Block diagrams and their reductions, Transfer functions, Poles and Zeros, State Space, Properties of Feedback, Stability.
Week 15: Design of Controller: Time and Frequency response of Electromechanical systems, State feedback methods, Controllability, Observability, P/PD/PID Control, Concepts in Industrial control.
Final Exam + Project Demo: 25th – 29th April 2022
References:
- Bolton, W Mechatronics, Longman, 2015
- Franklin G.F., Powell J.D., Emami-Naeini A., Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, Pearson, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 5th edition, 2006
- Ogata K., Modern Control Engineering, Prentice-Hall of India Pvt Ltd., New Delhi, 3rd edition, 2000
- Control Systems Toolbox Matlab/Simulink 2019