Mechatronics and Embedded Systems

4.0 credits

This course is designed to introduce mechatronics and embedded systems. The course covers topics including microcontroller architectures, digital I/O, analog I/O, timers, counters, interrupts, analog to digital conversion, digital to analog conversion, communication, sensors, actuators, mechatronics, mechanical and electrical system models, transient response, and compensator design using root locus methods, frequency response methods, and state-space models. Students will learn to write C programs for embedded systems using microcontroller development boards and apply such knowledge to control physical systems that interact with the world through sensors and actuators.