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Basic electronics for mechanical engineering

Also listed as: אלקטרוניקה בסיסית להנדסה מכנית

The electronics literacy a mechanical engineer needs to instrument anything. Rarely a job title on its own, and a hard prerequisite for being useful in mechatronics, robotics or sensing.

Semester
Not fixed
Weekly hours
5.5h
Counts as
Department electives
Interest areas
Mechatronics and robotics · Miniaturised systems and materials

What it covers

Topics

  • Circuit analysis: KVL and KCL, Thévenin and Norton, transients
  • AC circuits, phasors and impedance
  • Diodes and rectifiers
  • Bipolar transistors and MOSFETs
  • Operational amplifiers: amplifiers, filters, comparators
  • Introduction to digital logic
  • Sensors and signal conditioning
  • Introduction to power electronics and motor drives, with lab work

Results worth carrying out

  • Thévenin and Norton

    Vth=INRth,IN=VthRthV_{th} = I_N R_{th}, \qquad I_N = \frac{V_{th}}{R_{th}}
  • RC step response

    v(t)=V(1et/RC)v(t) = V\left(1 - e^{-t/RC}\right)
  • Non-inverting amplifier

    Av=1+RfR1A_v = 1 + \frac{R_f}{R_1}

Figures worth knowing

  • Circuit schematics
  • Filter Bode plots
  • Transistor characteristic curves

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