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ME 270 Mechatronics

Spring Semester

The objective of this course is to provide an introduction to essential aspects of electronics so that mechanical engineering students can design and build basic electro-mechanical systems.  The course covers an introduction to electrical circuit components, circuit analysis (AC and DC), sensors and actuators, microprocessors, and how these basic concepts can be integrated into electro-mechanical devices.  Circuit components will be introduced and analyzed in the context of applications such as circuits configured to read sensors, to drive motors, and as filters.  The circuit analysis will include the use of Kirchoff’s Laws, voltage and current division, and nodal and mesh analysis.  Microprocessors will be used in conjunction with the different circuit configurations to construct projects to perform given physical tasks. Prerequisite: 2.0 or higher in    , and (  or  )

4 credit hours