Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems
Class Discussion Items
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Class Discussion Item 1.1 - Household Mechatronic Systems
Class Discussion Item 2.1 - Proper Car Jump Start
Class Discussion Item 2.2 - Improper Application of a Voltage Divider
Class Discussion Item 2.3 - Reasons for AC
Class Discussion Item 2.4 - Transmission Line Losses
Class Discussion Item 2.5 - International AC
Class Discussion Item 2.6 - AC Line Waveform
Class Discussion Item 2.7 - DC Transformer
Class Discussion Item 2.8 - Audio Stereo Amplifier Impedances
Class Discussion Item 2.9 - Common Usage of Electrical Components
Class Discussion Item 2.10 - Automotive Circuits
Class Discussion Item 2.11 - Safe Grounding
Class Discussion Item 2.12 - Electric Drill Bathtub Experience
Class Discussion Item 2.13 - Dangerous EKG
Class Discussion Item 2.14 - High-Voltage Measurement Pose
Class Discussion Item 2.15 - Lightning Storm Pose
Class Discussion Item 3.1 - Real Silicon Diode in a Half-Wave Rectifier
Class Discussion Item 3.2 - Inductive “Kick"
Class Discussion Item 3.3 - Peak Detector
Class Discussion Item 3.4 - Effects of Load on Voltage Regulator Design
Class Discussion Item 3.5 - 78XX Series Voltage Regulator
Class Discussion Item 3.6 - Automobile Charging System
Class Discussion Item 3.7 - Voltage Limiter
Class Discussion Item 3.8 - Analog Switch Limit
Class Discussion Item 3.9 - Common Usage of Semiconductor Components
Class Discussion Item 4.1 - Musical Harmonics
Class Discussion Item 4.2 - Measuring a Square Wave with a Limited Bandwidth System
Class Discussion Item 4.3 - Analytical Attenuation
Class Discussion Item 4.4 - Assumptions for a Zero-Order Potentiometer
Class Discussion Item 4.5 - Spring-Mass-Damper System in Space
Class Discussion Item 4.6 - Good Measurement System Response
Class Discussion Item 4.7 - Slinky Frequency Response
Class Discussion Item 4.8 - Suspension Design Results
Class Discussion Item 4.9 - Initial Condition Analogy
Class Discussion Item 4.10 - Measurement System Physical Characteristics
Class Discussion Item 5.1 - Kitchen Sink in an Op Amp Circuit
Class Discussion Item 5.2 - Positive Feedback
Class Discussion Item 5.3 - Example of Positive Feedback
Class Discussion Item 5.4 - Integrator Behavior
Class Discussion Item 5.5 - Differentiator Improvements
Class Discussion Item 5.6 - Integrator and Differentiator Applications
Class Discussion Item 5.7 - Real Integrator Behavior
Class Discussion Item 5.8 - Bidirectional EMG Controller
Class Discussion Item 6.1 - Nerd Numbers
Class Discussion Item 6.2 - Computer Magic
Class Discussion Item 6.3 - Everyday Logic
Class Discussion Item 6.4 - Equivalence of Sum of Products and Product of Sums
Class Discussion Item 6.5 - JK Flip-Flop Timing Diagram
Class Discussion Item 6.6 - Computer Memory
Class Discussion Item 6.7 - Switch Debouncer Function
Class Discussion Item 6.8 - Converting Between Serial and Parallel Data
Class Discussion Item 6.9 - Everyday Use of Logic Devices
Class Discussion Item 6.10 - CMOS and TTL Power Consumption
Class Discussion Item 6.11 - NAND Magic
Class Discussion Item 6.12 - Driving an LED
Class Discussion Item 6.13 - Up-Down Counters
Class Discussion Item 6.14 - Astable Square-Wave Generator
Class Discussion Item 6.15 - Digital Tachometer Accuracy
Class Discussion Item 6.16 - Digital Tachometer Latch Timing
Class Discussion Item 6.17 - Using Storage and Bypass Capacitors in Digital Design
Class Discussion Item 7.1 - Car Microcontrollers
Class Discussion Item 7.2 - Decrement Past 0
Class Discussion Item 7.3 - PicBasic Pro and Assembly Language Comparison
Class Discussion Item 7.4 - PicBasic Pro Equivalents of Assembly Language Statements
Class Discussion Item 7.5 - Multiple Door and Window Security System
Class Discussion Item 7.6 - PIC vs. Logic Gates
Class Discussion Item 7.7 - How Does Pot Work?
Class Discussion Item 7.8 - Software Debounce
Class Discussion Item 7.9 - Fast Counting
Class Discussion Item 7.10 - Negative Logic LED
Class Discussion Item 8.1 - Wagon Wheels and the Sampling Theorem
Class Discussion Item 8.2 - Sampling a Beat Signal
Class Discussion Item 8.3 - Laboratory A/D Conversion
Class Discussion Item 8.4 - Selecting an A/D Converter
Class Discussion Item 8.5 - Bipolar 4-Bit D/A Converter
Class Discussion Item 8.6 - Audio CD Technology
Class Discussion Item 8.7 - Digital Guitar
Class Discussion Item 9.1 - Household Three-Way Switch
Class Discussion Item 9.2 - LVDT Demodulation
Class Discussion Item 9.3 - LVDT Signal Filtering
Class Discussion Item 9.4 - Encoder Binary Code Problems
Class Discussion Item 9.5 - Gray-to-Binary-Code Conversion
Class Discussion Item 9.6 - Encoder 1X Circuit with Jitter
Class Discussion Item 9.7 - Robotic Arm with Encoders
Class Discussion Item 9.8 - Piezoresistive Effect in Strain Gages
Class Discussion Item 9.9 - Wheatstone Bridge Excitation Voltage
Class Discussion Item 9.10 - Bridge Resistances in Three-Wire Bridges
Class Discussion Item 9.11 - Strain Gage Bond Effects
Class Discussion Item 9.12 - Sampling Rate Fixator Strain Gages
Class Discussion Item 9.13 - Effects of Gravity on an Accelerometer
Class Discussion Item 9.14 - Piezoelectric Sound
Class Discussion Item 10.1 - Examples of Solenoids, Voice Coils, and Relays
Class Discussion Item 10.2 - Eddy Currents
Class Discussion Item 10.3 - Field-Field Interaction in a Motor
Class Discussion Item 10.4 - Dissection of Radio Shack Motor
Class Discussion Item 10.5 - Stepper Motor Logic
Class Discussion Item 10.6 - Motor Sizing
Class Discussion Item 10.7 - Examples of Electric Motors
Class Discussion Item 10.8 - Force Generated by a Double-Acting Cylinder
Class Discussion Item 11.1 - Derivative Filtering
Class Discussion Item 11.2 - Coin Counter Circuits
Class Discussion Item A.1 - Definition of Base Units
Class Discussion Item A.2 - Common Use of SI Prefixes
Class Discussion Item A.3 - Physical Feel for SI Units
Class Discussion Item A.4 - Statistical Calculations
Class Discussion Item A.5 - Your Class Age Histogram
Class Discussion Item A.6 - Relationship Between Standard Deviation and Sample Size
Class Discussion Item C.1 - Fracture Plane Orientation in a Tensile Failure
