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An understanding of, and an ability to analyse, mechatronic systems and automation systems is essential for the mechatronic engineer. This course will introduce the concept of feedback and will provide the developing engineer with opportunity to apply this knowledge in modelling and designing mechatronic systems.

A Graduate Mechatronics Engineer must have mastery of the topics introduced in this course, including Mechatronic Design, Control Systems, System Dynamics, Actuators/Motors, Sensors and Microcontrollers. Throughout the course, Control and Microcontroller interfacing will be a common theme and will be consistently reinforced. The first assignment requires the student to undertake a report detailing the mechatronic system breakdown of a device. The remaining assignments encompass a hands-on approach to solve a specific control task using control techniques, motors, sensors, and microcontroller programming.

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

1. Analyse a Mechatronic system and identify key components in its design and control systems;
2. Demonstrate and model a Mechatronic system using state-space variables for the task of control;
3. Discuss the fundamental aspects behind mechanical energy transfer systems, and calculate dynamic constraints for different mechanical systems;
4. Illustrate the types of actuators and motors available and evaluate the best matched actuator/motor for a given specification/task;
5. Select and use a microcontroller and software, to implement and program digital control methods for a motor to solve a given task; and
6. Describe basic electrical systems to identify, interface and implement sensors and hardware toward an automation task.