Video Demonstrations

from the book:
Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems
3rd edition, McGraw-Hill, 2006

The video clips below illustrate various mechatronics and
measurement system principles and devices described in the book.

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Chapter 1 - Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems

1.1 - Adept One robot demonstration (8.0 MB)
1.2 - Adept One robot internal design and construction (4.6 MB)
1.3 - Honda Asimo Raleigh, NC demonstration (8.2 MB)
1.4 - Sony "Qrio" Japanese dance demo (6.7 MB)
1.5 - inkjet printer components with DC motors and piezoelectric inkjet head (6.8 MB)
1.6 - DC motor power-op-amp speed controller (7.4 MB)
1.7 - stepper motor position and speed controller (4.9 MB)
1.8 - DC motor position and speed controller (6.8 MB)

Chapter 2 - Electric Circuits and Components

2.1 - resistors (1.4 MB)
2.2 - electronics components of various types and sizes (5.9 MB)
2.3 - capacitors (1.5 MB)
2.4 - breadboard construction (2.4 MB)
2.5 - instrumentation for powering and making measurements in circuits (3.5 MB)
2.6 - light bulb series and parallel circuit comparison (0.7 MB)
2.7 - connectors (BNC, banana plugs, alligator clips) (3.2 MB)
2.8 - oscilloscope demonstrations using the Tektronix 2215 analog scope (16.2 MB)
2.9 - power transformer with laminated core (1.7 MB)
2.10 - human circuit toy ball (1.9 MB)

Chapter 3 - Semiconductor Electronics

3.1 - diodes (1.0 MB)
3.2 - turning a motor on and off with a transistor (2.4 MB)
3.3 - transistors (1.0 MB)

Chapter 4 - System Response

4.1 - sine-wave, saw-tooth-wave, and square-wave signal spectra (1.0 MB)
4.2 - spectra of whistling and humming, and amplifier saturation (2.3 MB)
4.3 - bugle tone amplitude, frequency, and spectra (1.3 MB)
4.4 - guitar harmonics and chords (4.2 MB)
4.5 - piano harmonics and tone spectra (2.9 MB)
4.6 - piano keyboard harmonics and chords (1.4 MB)
4.7 - filter (RC circuit) frequency response (2.3 MB)
4.8 - RC circuit charging and discharging (1.1 MB)
4.9 - spring-mass second order system frequency response (1.7 MB)
4.10 - pendulum second order system frequency response (1.5 MB)
4.11 - torsional system frequency response and control (5.8 MB)
4.12 - Tacoma Narrows bridge failure (1940, Puget Sound, Washington)

Chapter 5 - Analog Signal Processing Using Operational Amplifiers

5.1 - integrated circuits (1.7 MB)
5.2 - integrated circuit manufacturing process stages (5.2 MB)
5.3 - op amp integrator circuit at different frequencies (2.2 MB)

Chapter 6 - Digital Circuits

6.1 - switch bounce (0.8 MB)
6.2 - high voltage disconnect switch (0.6 MB)
6.3 - decade counter and display circuit driven by a 555 timer (1.4 MB)

Chapter 7 - Microcontroller Programming and Interfacing

7.1 - potentiometer input and binary display (1.0 MB)
7.2 - hexadecimal counter using a 555 timer and data flip-flops for switch debounce (2.1 MB)
7.3 - hexadecimal counter with software debounce (1.0 MB)
7.4 - LCD display (0.6 MB)
7.5 - pulse-width modulation speed control of a DC motor, with keypad input (4.8 MB)
7.6 - BeerBot - secure liquid dispensing system (3.3 MB)

Chapter 8 - Data Acquisition

8.1 - sampling rate and its effect on sound and music (1.5 MB Windows Media audio file)
8.2 - data acquisition experiment (2.6 MB)
8.3 - National Instruments DC motor demo (8.5 MB)
8.4 - National Instruments LabVIEW DC motor controller design (8.2 MB)

Chapter 9 - Sensors

9.1 - magnetic pickup tachometer used in a PID speed controller test-stand (4.0 MB)
9.2 - automated laboratory rat exercise machine with IR sensor and stepper motor (8.0 MB)
9.3 - switches (1.6 MB)
9.4 - voice coil (1.1 MB)
9.5 - magnetostrictive position sensor (0.8 MB)
9.6 - encoder components (1.8 MB)
9.7 - computer mouse relative encoder (1.0 MB)
9.8 - Adept robot digital encoder components (4.3 MB)
9.9 - strain gage rosette experiment (2.4 MB)
9.10 - strain gage rosette experiment analysis discussion (10.3 MB)
9.11 - thermocouple with a digital thermometer (4.5 MB)
9.12 - bouncing ball accelerometer (0.7 MB)
9.13 - accelerometer bearing signature analysis experiment (3.3 MB)

Chapter 10 - Actuators

10.1 - relay and transistor switching circuit comparison (2.3 MB)
10.2 - computer hard-drive with voice coil (1.8 MB)
10.3 - computer hard-drive track seeking demonstration (3.8 MB)
10.4 - computer hard-drive super-slow-motion video of track finding (0.3 MB)
10.5 - AC induction motor (single phase) (2.3 MB)
10.6 - AC induction motor with a soft start for a water pump (1.2 MB)
10.7 - AC induction motor variable frequency drive for a building air handler unit (6.8 MB)
10.8 - DC motor components (2.7 MB)
10.9 - brushless DC motor from a computer fan (1.7 MB)
10.10 - brushless DC motor gear pump (2.5 MB)
10.11 - DC and stepper motor examples (2.2 MB)
10.12 - radio-control (RC) servomotor with pulse-width-modulation input (1.6 MB)
10.13 - stepper motor step response and acceleration through resonance (2.3 MB)
10.14 - high-speed video of medium speed response (0.2 MB)
10.15 - servo motor system (1.7 MB)
10.16 - gear pumps (1.3 MB)
10.17 - hydraulic gear pumps (1.3 MB)
10.18 - pilot valve hydraulic amplifier cut-away (2.5 MB)
10.19 - pneumatic cylinders of various types and sizes (3.5 MB)
10.20 - pneumatic biomechanics exercise apparatus overview (3.8 MB)

Chapter 11 - Mechatronic Systems -- Control Architectures and Case Studies

11.1 - Table tennis assistant controlled by an FPGA (3.0 MB)
11.2 - programmable logic controller (PLC) with ladder logic (4.0 MB)
11.3 - PID control of the step response of a mechanical system (4.3 MB)
11.4 - inverted pendulum up-righting and balancing with linear cart motion (2.4 MB)
11.5 - robot controlled by an EMG biosignal (6.0 MB)

Appendix C - Mechanics of Materials

C.1 - Mohr's Circle for uniaxial stress (10.5 MB)
C.2 - failure theories for brittle and ductile materials (2.9 MB)

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