PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
Department of Mechatronics Engineering
Course Title: Mechatronics Systems Design (640598)
Prerequisite: PLC (640582), Control (640451)
Text Book: Mechatronics: An Integrated Approach by Clarence W. Silva, CRC Press 2005
Providing Dept.: Mecatronics Engineering
Instructor: Dr. Ashraf Saleem
Level: 4th year Credit Hours: 3
Course Goals:
Teach the students how to design a Mechatronic system starting from the analysis of customer requirements and ending by product testing and optimization.
Time Schedule:
Duration: 16 Weeks Lectures: 3 hours / week
Objectives:
At completing this module the student should be able to understand:
1- How to select proper sensors and actuators for the mechatronic system design.
2- How to model and simulate the system to be designed.
3- How to design and emulate mechatronic system controller.
4- How to interface system components to each other.
5- How to test and evaluate the final design
Course Contents
Weeks
q INTRODUCTION 1
q Actuators 3
q Stepper Motors
q DC Motors
q Induction Motors
q Hydraulic and Pneumatic Drives
q Sensors 2
q Analog Sensors and Transducers
q Digital Transducers
q Controllers and Microcontrollers 2
q Controller Design
q Controller Tuning
q Components Interconnection and Signal Conditioning 3
q Impedance Characteristics
q Amplifiers
q Filters
q Analog to Digital Converters (ADC)
q Digital to Analog Converters (DAC)
q Mechatronic Systems Design 4
q Customer requirements Analysis
q System requirements Analysis
q Mechanical Design
q Electronics Design
q Software Design
q Interface Design
q Modeling and Simulation
q Controller Design
q System's Components Integration
q Performance Specifications and Analysis
q Robotics Case Study (1 week)
Mode of Assessment
1. First exam: (15%)
2. Second exam: (15%)
3. Reports, H. works, and/or Projects (10%)
4. Final exam: (50%)
References
1. Mechatronics by Dan Nesculescu, Prentice Hall 2002
2. Mechatronics by Bolton, Prentice Hall, 2nd edition
3. Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems by Histand and Alciatore, McGraw Hill 1999