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• Day 1 Lecture (pdf)

• Concept Map for Mechatronics (pdf)

• Basic Electronics Review (pdf)

• Signal Sources (pdf)

• Microcontroller Overview (pdf)

• Microcontroller Architecture (pdf)

• AVR and ATmega128 Internals (pdf)

• Programming the ATmega128 (pdf)

• STK 500 and Bit Banging Details (pdf)

• BlinkLED3.c (txt)

• Simple-SW_LED3.c (txt)

• Diodes (pdf)

• Transistors (pdf)

• Transistor Relay Driver Example (pdf)

• MOSFETs - 2 (pdf)

• MOSFETs - 1  (pdf)

• Permanent Magnet DC Motor Fundamentals  (pdf)

• Motor Sizing (pdf)

• Motion Control Mechanics (pdf)

• Motor Selection Flowchart (pdf)

• Stepper Motor Construction and Operating Principle (pdf)

• Stepper Motor Details and Driver (pdf)

• Stepper Motor Dynamics (pdf)

• Stepper vs. DC Motors and Other Actuators (pdf)

• TTL-CMOS_logic-levels (pdf)

• Op-amps and Comparators

• Interfacing Actuators to Microcontrollers (pdf)

• Operational Amplifiers and Their Limitations (pdf)

• Logic Levels and Logic Gates (pdf)

• Sequential Logic (pdf)

• 555 Timer and Applications (pdf)

• Motor Fundamentals (pdf)

• Formulas for Inertia Calculations (pdf)

• External Loads (effects on motor torque requirements) (pdf)

• C Primer (pdf)  

• Digital I/O (pdf)  

• Digital-to-Analog and Analog-to-Digital Conversion (pdf)  

• ADC with the ATmega16 (pdf)  

• Sensor Fundamentals (pdf)  

• Sensor Overview and Performance Specs (pdf)

• Practical Temperature Measurements Using Thermocouples (pdf)

• OOPic Programming Overview (ppt)

• Course Review (pdf)  

 

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