Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems

Table of Contents

Recommended Equipment and Supplies
(although, we have made an effort to keep the exercises generic enough
to enable the Lab book to support the use of a wide variety of equipment)

Recommended Electrical Components (components for each exercise, ordering information)

How to Program a PIC

Video demonstrations of background material and selected Lab Exercise Results:

• Lab 1 - Resistor Codes, Breadboard, and Basic Measurements
  • resistors (1.4 MB)
  • breadboard construction (2.4 MB)
  • breadboard advice
  • instrumentation for powering and making measurements in circuits (3.5 MB)
  • measuring current and checking for continuity (7.5 MB)
• Lab 2 - Instrument Familiarization and Basic Electrical Relations
  • connectors (BNC, banana, alligator clips) (3.2 MB)
  • instrumentation for powering and making measurements in circuits (3.5 MB)
  • measuring current and checking for continuity (7.5 MB)
• Lab 3 - The Oscilloscope
  • generic oscilloscope functiontionality (using an HP 2215 analog scope) (16.2 MB)
    • alternatively, see principles of operation (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4)
  • generic oscilloscope attentuator probe concepts
  • generic oscilloscope differential measurements
• Lab 4 - Bandwidth, Filters, and Diodes
  • diodes (1.0 MB)
  • RC circuit charging and discharging (1.1 MB)
  • filter frequency response using a linear sweep (2.3 MB)
• Lab 5 - Transistors and Photoelectric Circuits
  • transistors (1.0 MB)
  • switches (1.6 MB)
  • relay and transistor switching circuit comparison (2.3 MB)
  • turning a motor on and off with a transistor (2.4 MB)
• Lab 6 - Operational Amplifier Circuits
  • op amp integrator circuit at different frequencies (2.2 MB)
• Labs 7 and 8 - Digital Circuits
  • integrated circuits (1.7 MB)
  • integrated circuit manufacturing process stages (5.2 MB)
  • decade counter and display circuit driven by a 555 timer (1.4 MB)
• Labs 9-11 - PIC Microcontroller programming and interfacing
  • handout: PIC16F88 code template
  • handout: programming a PIC using the melab U2 programmer
  • hexadecimal counter using a 555 timer and data flip-flops for hardware debouncing (2.1 MB)
  • hexadecimal counter with software debounce (1.0 MB)
  • pulse-width modulation speed control of a dc motor, adjustable by a numeric keypad (4.8 MB)
• Lab 12 - Analog to Digital Conversion (Data Acquisition)
  • data acquisition experiment with external USB device and music sampling (11.2 MB)
    • old version from 2nd edition (2.6 MB)
  • sampling rate, Nyquist frequency, and aliasing
  • sampling rate and its effect on sound and music (1.5 MB Windows Media audio file)
  • music sampling and resolution effects
  • LabView Graphical Programming online course
• Lab 13 - Strain Gages
  • strain gage rosette experiment (2.4 MB)
  • strain gage rosette experiment analysis discussion (10.3 MB)
  • PDF file containing analysis summary
• Lab 14 - Vibration Measurement with an Accelerometer
  • bearing signature analysis experiment (3.3 MB)
  • sample bearing signature analysis results: good bearing and bad bearing (PDF files)
  • machine diagnostics to detect bearing wear and unbalance (PDF file)
• Lab 15 - Micrcontroller-based Design Project
  • example student projects

See also:

• mechatronics and measurement system video demonstrations
• vibration, sound, and frequency response demonstrations