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Mechatronics lab

Also listed as: מעבדה במכטרוניקה

Microcontrollers, sensors, motors and real-time control on a bench. Practically every experimental thesis in the school needs this skill set, and most students who have it end up building the rig.

Semester
Semester A
Weekly hours
3h
Counts as
Department electives
Interest areas
Mechatronics and robotics · Miniaturised systems and materials

What it covers

What you build

  • Microcontrollers and embedded programming
  • Sensors and signal conditioning: encoders, IMU, strain, temperature
  • Actuators: DC, servo and stepper motors, PWM, H-bridge drive
  • Data acquisition
  • Real-time control implementation, PID on hardware
  • Interfacing and system integration, ending in a project

Results worth carrying out

  • DC motor

    τ=kti,eb=keω\tau = k_t\, i, \qquad e_b = k_e\,\omega
  • PWM duty cycle

    D=tonTD = \frac{t_{on}}{T}
  • Discrete PID

    uk=Kpek+Kij=0kejΔt+Kdekek1Δtu_k = K_p e_k + K_i \sum_{j=0}^{k} e_j \Delta t + K_d \frac{e_k - e_{k-1}}{\Delta t}

Figures worth knowing

  • Circuit and wiring schematics
  • Control block diagrams
  • Sensor calibration and step-response plots

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