Sensors and Actuators for Real Systems

This course was introduced in Spring 2020 as a course specifically aimed toward ScM students, interested advanced undergraduates, and curious PhD students. The idea is to introduce some of the input and output components used in embedded systems, drones, robots, etc. This includes circuit analysis of analog sensors, estimation theory, including Kalman Filtering and radar processing, to overcome noise inherent in all such systems, the discussion of some modern digital sensors, controlling the latest actuators, including ways to control brushless DC motors. There is a lab component in the course.