Base Knowledge
Basic knowledge of electronics and Arduino programming
Teaching Methodologies
Theoretical classes: expository method
Practical/laboratory classes: practical assignments
Learning Results
Understanding mechatronics as a multidisciplinary area of great importance in the field of robotics
Know and design signal conditioners for connecting analog sensors to electronic controllers
Know the main actuators used in mechatronics with special incidence on direct current motors and step-by-step motors
Knowing how to analyze drivers for actuators with domain of application in mechatronics
Program
Introduction to mechatronics: framework, characteristics and functional requirements
Signal conditioning for sensors
The DC motor: operating characteristics; speed control and direction of rotation; applications
The step-by-step motor: static and dynamic characteristics; control techniques; drivers
Position servomotor with DC or step-by-step motors
Sizing of motors and gearboxes as a function of load
Curricular Unit Teachers
Grading Methods
- - Avaliação prática - 75.0%
- - Avaliação teórica - 25.0%
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
Robert H. Bishop: The Mechatronics Handbook, CRC Press, 2002
Slides of theoretical classes, available in the moodle