Course Description
This course is an introduction to designing mechatronic systems, which require integration of the mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines within a unified framework. There are significant laboratory-based design experiences. Topics covered in the course include: Low-level interfacing of software with …
This course is an introduction to designing mechatronic systems, which require integration of the mechanical and electrical engineering disciplines within a unified framework. There are significant laboratory-based design experiences. Topics covered in the course include: Low-level interfacing of software with hardware; use of high-level graphical programming tools to implement real-time computation tasks; digital logic; analog interfacing and power amplifiers; measurement and sensing; electromagnetic and optical transducers; control of mechatronic systems.
Course Info
![A humanoid robot moving waving its left arm.](/courses/2-737-mechatronics-fall-2014/093876dfe125e9c11146260d12b0ec0a_2-737f14.jpg)
Mechatronics occupies the intersection of mechanical systems, electrical systems, control systems, and computers. It has applications for robotics, like this humanoid robot. (Photograph courtesy of fiahless on flickr.)