Elements of Mechatronic Systems - MTRN3200


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 5
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: ELEC1111; Exclusion: MTRN3201, MTRN3202
	Fee Band: 2 (more info)
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Electro-mechanical devices, electro-hydraulic and electro-pneumatic devices and their interfacing, A/D conversions, D/A conversions, sensors for motion control, encoders and decoders, digital circuits for mechatronic systems: Number systems and number theory. Symbolic logic. TTL and CMOS devices. Boolean algebra and simplification of Boolean expressions. Counters, timers and decoders. Interfacing electro-mechanical systems with micro-controllers. Elements of micro-controllers. Principal features of a microprocessor based system, microprocessor architecture and programming. Instruction sets, addressing modes, instruction timing, interrupts. Dedicated and special purpose computers. This course has 50% laboratory content during which each student will receive hands on experience in interfacing and programming of electro-mechanical systems.