MECH307 - Lecture Figures, Videos, Handouts, Resources

MECH307 - Lecture Figures, Videos, Handouts, Resources

Note - The entire collection of handouts used for notes in class are available in the Lecture Handouts PDF file.

Week 1:

Week 1(F) or 2(S):

Example 2.4 - Circuit analysis (part a, part b)
Figure 2.18 - Real voltage source with output impedance
Figure 2.21 - Real ammeter with input impedance
Figure 2.22 - Real voltmeter with input impedance

Week 2:

Figure 2.28 - Sinusoidal waveform
Figure 2.29 - Sinusoidal signal DC offset
Figure 2.30 - Phasor representation of a sinusoidal signal
Example 2.7 - AC circuit analysis
Mathcad/Matlab Analysis 2.1 - AC circuit analysis (PDF, Mathcad Prime, pre-Prime Mathcad, Matlab)
- see textbook Mathcad/Matlab analysis resource page
Class Discussion Item 2.7 - Reasons for AC
Video Demonstration 5.2 - Integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing process stages
- Video Demonstration 5.3 - Chip manufacturing process (another)
- Video Demonstration 5.4 - How a CPU is made
Figure 3.2 - pn junction characteristics
- Video Demonstration 3.1 - How does a transistor work?
Figure 3.3 - Silicon diode
Figure 3.6 - Ideal, approximate, and real diode curves
Example 3.1 - Half-wave rectifier circuit assuming an ideal diode (part a, part b)
Figure 3.9 - Inductive load flyback protection

Week 2(F) or 3(S):

Week 3:

Week 4:

Week 5:

Week 6:

Figure 7.3 - PIC16F84 block diagram
Figure 7.4 - PIC16F84 pin-out and required external components
Example PicBasic Code (Threaded Design Example C)
Table 7.5 - PicBasic Pro statement summary (part a, part b, part c)
Internet Link 7.6 - PicBasic Pro manual (on-line, PDF file)
Table 7.3 - Selected PicBasic Pro math operators and functions
Table 7.4 - PicBasic Pro logical comparison operators
Section 7.11 - Method to Design a Microcontroller-based System
Class Discussion Item 7.7 - Home Security System Design Limitation
Example 7.5 - PicBasic Pro Program for Security System Example (program)
Example 7.5 - PicBasic Pro program for security system example (figure)

Week 7:

Class Discussion Item 7.9 - Software Debounce
Figure 7.19 - Interface circuits for input devices
PIC16F84 datasheet
Figure 7.20 - Interface circuits for output devices
Threaded Design Example C.3 - DC motor position and speed controller - full solution with serial interface
- figures (part a, part b)
- master (PIC16F88) code
- slave (PIC16F84) code
- Video Demonstration 1.8 - DC motor position and speed controller
Chapter 4 - Mechatronic system components outline
Figure 4.2 - Amplitude linearity and nonlinearity
Section 4.3 - Fourier Series Representation of Signals
Figure 4.4 - Harmonic decomposition of a square wave
Figure 4.5 - Spectrum of a square wave
Mathcad/Matlab Analysis 4.1 - Fourier series representation of a square wave (PDF, Mathcad Prime, pre-Prime Mathcad, Matlab - square_wave.m,square_wave_amp.m, square_wave_func.m, square_wave_harmonic.m, square_wave_series.m)
Class Discussion Item 4.1 - Musical Harmonics
Video Demonstration 4.4 - Guitar harmonics and chords
Video Demonstration 4.5 - Piano harmonics and tone spectra
Video Demonstration 4.6 - Piano keyboard harmonics and chords
Section 4.4 - Bandwidth and Frequency Response
Figure 4.6 - Frequency response and bandwidth
Class Discussion Item 4.3 - Audio Speaker Frequency Response
Figure 4.7 - Effect of measurement system bandwidth on signal spectrum
Example 4.1 - Bandwidth of an electrical network (part a, part b)
Figure 4.8 - Relationship between phase and time displacement
Class Discussion Item 4.2 - Measuring a Square Wave with a Limited Bandwidth System

Week 8:

Week 9(F) or 10(S):

class op amp example solved with superposition
Figure 5.19 - Ideal integrator
Figure 5.20 - Improved integrator
Class Discussion Item 5.5 - Integrator Behavior
Figure 5.26 - Typical op amp open- and closed-loop response
Video Demonstration 4.2 - Spectra of whistling and humming, and amplifier saturation
Example 5.1 - Sizing resistors in op amp circuits
Figure 8.1 - Analog signal and sampled equivalent
Figure 8.2 - Aliasing
Mathcad/Matlab Analysis 8.2 - Recovering a signal from sampled data using the sinc reconstruction filter (PDF, Matchcad Prime, Matlab - sinc_reconstruction_filter_example.m, sinc_reconstruct.m)
- see Sampling Theory for more information
Mathcad/Matlab Analysis 8.1 - sampling theorem, aliasing, beat frequency (PDF, Mathcad Prime, pre-Prime Mathcad, Matlab)
Class Discussion Item 8.2 - Sampling a Beat Signal
Video Demonstration 8.3 - Beat frequency from mixing signals of similar frequency
Figure 8.7 - Analog-to-digital conversion
Class Discussion Item 8.3 - Laboratory A/D Conversion
Figure 8.14 - A/D flash converter
Table 8.1 - 2-bit flash converter output
music sampling illustration
Class Discussion Item 8.6 - Audio CD Technology
Lab Book Section 15.1 - dc Power Supply Options for PIC Projects
- see also:
  - Switch mode power supply tutorial: DC-DC buck converters
  - Buck converter vs. linear voltage regulator - practical comparison
Lab Book Section 15.2 - Battery Characteristics
Lab Book Section 15.3 - Relays and Power Transistors
Video Demonstration 10.4 - Relay and transistor switching circuit comparison
useful project advice
Lab Book Section 15.5 - Other Practical Considerations
Lab Book Section 10.4 - PIC Circuit Debugging Recommendations
Figure 2.49 - Inductive coupling
Figure 2.50 - Ground loop

Week 10(F) or 11(S):

Week 11(F) or 12(S):

Week 12(F) or 13(S):

Figure 9.17 - Metal foil strain gage construction
Figure 9.18 - Rectangular conductor
Class Discussion Item 9.8 - Piezoresistive Effect in Strain Gages
Figure 9.20 - Dynamic unbalanced bridge circuit
Class Discussion Item 9.9 - Wheatstone Bridge Excitation Voltage
Figure 9.21 - Leadwire effects in 1/4 bridge circuits
Figure 9.23 - Temperature compensation with a dummy gage in half bridge
Figure 9.26 - General state of planar stress on the surface of a component
Figure 9.29 - Rectangular strain gage rosette
Lab Figure 13.4 - Strain gage rosette experimental setup
Video Demonstration 9.9 - Strain gage rosette experiment
Internet Link 9.4 - Strain gage rosette experiment analysis
Bearing signature analysis
potentiometer example demonstrating A/D conversion, serial communication, and LCD messaging
circuit for louder audio from a microcontroller

Week 13(F) or 14(S):

Week 15:

in-class comprehensive case-study logic-circuit truth table

Week 16:

Figure 10.11 - Motor torque-speed curve
Figure 10.12 - DC permanent magnet motor schematic and torque-speed curve
Figure 10.17 - Permanent magnet DC motor characteristics
Figure 10.18 - Pulse width modulation of a DC motor
Figure 10.20 - PWM voltage and motor current
Design Example 10.1 - H-bridge drive for a DC motor (part a, part b, part c)
project evaluation form
end-of-semester group evaluation form