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Course Description
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Explanation of basic preventive personal health and safety issues in the areas where the use of electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, equipment is to be considered, Introducing Mechatronics; What is mechatronics, the design process, systems, control systems, measurement systems. programmable logic controller, examples of mechatronic systems, Sensors and Transducers; performance terminology, displacement, position and proximity, velocity and motion, force, fluid pressure, liquid level, temperature, light sensors, Selection of sensors, inputting data by sensors, problems, Signal Conditioning; the operational amplifier, protection, filtering, Wheatstone bridge, pulse modulation, problems with signals, power transfer, problems, Digital signals, analogue and digital signals, digital-to-analogue and analogue-to-digital converters, multiplexers, data acquisition, digital signal processing, problems, Digital logic, logic gates and application, problems, Pneumatic and hydraulic actuation systems; Actuation systems, pneumatic and hydraulic systems, directional control valves, pressure control valves, cylinders, servo and proportional control valves, process control valves, rotary actuators, problems, Mechanical actuation systems; mechanical systems, types of motion, kinematic chain, cams, gears, belt and chain drives, bearings, problems, Electrical actuation systems; Electrical systems, mechanical switches, solid-state switches, solenoids, Direct current motors, alternating current motors, stepper motors, motor selection, problems, Control Architecture of Mechatronic Systems; basic feedback systems used to control the systems; limitations of systems’ specifications, Recognition of the products used in mechatronic systems (such as aerospace, maritime, automotive and consumer production…etc.)
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Course Learning Outcomes
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-Upon successful completion of this course students will have basic knowledge on the following topics and gain the skills to use the information in practical application such as solving problems on board of ship that they might encountered.
I-Basic Safety and Health Cautions working with Electronics, Electrical,
Mechanical Systems
II - Overview of BasicMeasurement Units ( SI Units)
III-Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems
IV-Basic Electrical Circuits and Components
V-Introduction to Semiconductors and Electronics
VI-Operational Amplifiers with Analaog Signals
VII-Introduction to Digital Electronics
VIII-Introduction to Microprocessor Control System (PIC16F84)
IX - Information, Data Converters (A / D-D / A Converters)
X Sensors
XI-Transducers
XII- Operators activators
XIII- Examples on Mechatronic Systems, Control Structures,Components
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