Mechatronics and Mechatronic System

MECHATRONICS

It field of study that implies the synergistic integration of electronic engineering, electrical engineering, control engineering and computer technology with mechanical engineering for the design, manufacture, analyse and maintenance of a wide range of engineering products and processes".

SYSTEM:

A system may be defined as a black box which has an input and an output. System concerned only with the relationship between the input and output and not on the process going inside the box.

Here, the input is the electric power and the output after processed by the system is rotation. The system is motor.

MECHATRONIC SYSTEM:

Actuators: Solenoids, voice coils, D.C. motors, Stepper motors, Servomotor, hydraulics, pneumatics.

Sensors: Switches, Potentiometer, Photoelectrics, Digital encoder, Strain gauge,Thermocouple, accelerometer etc.

Input signal conditioning and interfacing:  Discrete circuits, Amplifiers, Filters, A/D,

D/D.

Digital control architecture: Logic circuits, Microcontroller, SBC, PLC, Sequencing andtiming, Logic and arithmetic, Control algorithm, Communication.

Output signal conditioning and interfacing: D/A D/D, Amplifiers, PWM, Powertransistor, Power Op - amps.

Graphical displays: LEDs, Digital displays, LCD, CRT The actuators produce motion or cause some action;

The sensors detect the state of the system parameters, inputs and outputs; Digital devices control the system;

Conditioning and interfacing circuits provide connection between the control circuit and theinput/output devices;

Graphical displays provide visual feedback to users.