MECHENG 479: CONTROL AND DESIGN OF MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Students will design and analyze computer-controlled mechanical systems. Topics include: principles of embedded, real-time systems, microcontroller architecture and programming; review of relevant electronics, digital input and output, polling and interrupts, analog to digital conversion, digital to analog conversion, sensors and sensor interfacing, pulse-width modulation (PWM), motors (DC brush, servo, stepper) and motor interfacing, microcontroller communications; development and testing of mechatronic systems.