Mechatronics

VINAYAKAMISSIONSUNIVERSITY V.M.K.VENGINEERINGCOLLEGE,SALEM DEPARTMENTOFELECTRONICS&COMMUNICATIONENGINEERING SEMESTERVII MECHATRONICS QUESTIONBANK UNITI PartA 1. Whatismechatronics? 2. Distinguishbetweenmeasurementandcontrolsystem. 3. Drawthefunctionalblockdiagramofameasurementsystem. 4. Whataremechatronicssystems? 5. Whatissystem?giveexample. 6. Whatarethemethodsofmeasurement? 7. Explainthefunctionofmeasurementsystem. 8. Givetheapplicationsofmeasurementsystems. 9. Whatiscontrolsystem? 10.Whatarethetwomajortypesofcontrolsystem? 11.Defineopenloopcontrolsystem. 12.Defineclosedloopcontrolsystem. 13.Whatistheuseofcontrolsystems? 14.Whatarethecomponentsoffeedbackcontrolsystem? 15.Definetransferfunction. 16.Whatisfrequencyresponse? 17.Listoutthedifferentfrequencydomainspecifications. 18.DefineResonantPeak. 19.DefineResonantfrequency. 20.DefineCutoffrate. 21.DefineGainMargin. 22.DefinePhasecrossover. 23.DefineGaincrossover. 24.StateNyquiststabilitycriterion. 25.Whatisbodeplot? PartB 1. a.Brieflyexplainanytwomechatronicssystemswithexamples. b.Explain:sensitivity,hysteresiserror,stabilityandresolution. 2. Describetherotarytypepotentiometer. 3. Howisthecapacitancemeasurementusedfordisplacement? 4. Distinguishbetweenopenloopandclosedloopsystemswithanexample. 5. Withneatdiagramexplaintheoperationofautomaticcamera. 6. Explainthefunctionofaclosedloopsystemwithaneatdiagramforcontrollingthespeedofa shaft.

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7. Whatissequentialcontroller?Explainthemicroprocessorbasedcontrolleroperatesawashing machine. 8. a.Howhasmechatronicsdisciplinehasevolved?Explaintheevolutionstages. b.Describethebuildingblocksofamechatronicssystems,indicatingvarious modulesinvolvedinit? 9. Explainthefollowingterms: Sensitivityandhysteresiserror. 10. a.Explainvariouselementsofacontrolsystemwithanexample. bExplainabouttheautomaticwaterflowcontrol. UNITII PartA 1. Definetransducerandgiveanexample. 2. Classifytransducer. 3. Whatisprimarytransducer? 4. Whatissecondarytransducer? 5. Whatispassivetransducer? 6. Whatisactivetransducer? 7. Whatisanalogtransducer? 8. Giveonepropertyofpiezoelectriccrystal. 9. Listthefactorsresponsibleinselectionofatransducer. 10. Whatarethetestinputsofthetransducer? 11. Definelinearity. 12. Compareaccuracyandprecision. 13. WhatisThreshold? 14. Defineresolution. 15. DefineHysteresis. 16. Whataretheresistancethermometers? 17. Mentionthefeaturesofthermistors. 18. Whataretheapplicationsofthermistors? 19. Whatislightsensors? 20. Whatistemperaturesensor? 21. Whatispressuresensors? 22. Howtomeasurevelocity? 23. Whatispurposeofmotionsensors? 24. Whataretheperformanceterminology? 25. Whatissignalprocessing? PartB 1. Explaintheworkingprincipleofapotentiometersensors.(Pg:2.9) 2. Explaintheworkingprincipleof a.Pneumaticsensors b.Proximityswitches (pg:2.23) 3. Whatarethestaticcharacteristicsofsensors?Explain.(pg: 4. Howatachogeneratorisusedtomeasuretheangularvelocity.(pg:2.28) 5. Explaintheworkingprincipleof

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a.LVDT(pg:2.14) b.Temperaturesensors(pg:2.39) 6. a.Classifythetransducersbythefunctionperformanceandtheoutputbasis.(pg:2.1) b.Explaintheencoder.Whataretheapplications?(2.20) 7. Writeshortnoteson a.Eddycurrentproximitysensors(pg:2.24) b.Inductiveproximityswitches(pg:2.25) 8. ExplaintheworkingprincipleandapplicationsofFluidpressuresensor.(pg:2.32) 9. Explainabout a.Thermocouple(pg:2.40) b.Thermodiodes(pg:2.47) 10. a.Explainabouttheselectionofsensors?(pg: b.Explainaboutthesignalprocessing.(pg:2.60) UNITIII PARTA 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. WhatisMicroprocessor? Whatisabus?Mentionnameoffewbuses. DescribeALUanditsfunction. MentiontheusesofAccumulator. Giveanaccountfortheflagregisterin8085microprocessor. Discussfeatureof8085Microprocessor. DiscusstheimportantofREADYsignalin8085Microprocessor. Writethespecialfunctionscarriedbythegeneralpurposeregistersof8085. Mentionsomeofthepartsof8085CPU. Whatistheadvantageofinstructionqueueregisterin8085CPU? Whatarethebasicunitsofamicroprocessor? Whatismultiplexing?anditsadvantage? ExplainthefunctionsofIO/M,READY,HOLDandHLDAin8085. Whatisaflag?Listtheflagsof8085. Definemnemonics. Mentionthedifferentdatatransferschemes. Whatispolling? WhatisDMAcontroller? Differentiatelatchesandbuffers. Whataretheapplicationsof8085? DescribetheIC8255. DiscussaboutIC8251. Whataretheapplicationsof8279? DifferentiateRAMandROM. Discussaboutdisplaydevice. PARTB

1. Drawthearchitectureofa8bitmicroprocessorandexplainitsfunctions.(pg:3.7) 2. Sketchthefunctionalblockdiagramof8085pandexplaintheirfunctions.(pg:3.7) 3. Drawthepindiagramof8085pandexplainthefunctionofeachpin.(pg:3.8)

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4. Discussthefunctionsoffollowing: (i) Generalpurposeregisters.(pg:3.12) (ii) Timingandcontrolunit(pg:3.13) (iii) Stackpointer 5. Describeindetailaboutthespecialfeastersof8085pcomparedwithgenericp. 6. Discussthedifferentdatatransferschemesindetail.(pg:3.34) 7. DrawtheinterfacingdiagramofanADCwith8085pandexplain.(pg: 8. HowcanaDACbeinterfacedwith8085p?Discusswithaneatsketch. 9. Explainabouttheinterfacingofsteppermotor.(pg:3.112) 10. Explainabouttheinterfacingoftrafficlightcontroller.(pg:3.103) UnitIV PARTA 1. DefinePLC. 2. ListthethreecommontypesofPLCprogrammingdevices. 3. ListthepartsofaPLCwithneatdiagram. 4. WritetheapplicationsofPLC. 5. WritethedifferenttypesofPLCsizes. 6. WhatarethedifferenttypesofI/OmodulesinPLC? 7. ExplainthefunctionofanRAMandEEPROMmemorymoduleinstalledinaPLC. 8. WhatisPLC? 9. WhatarethepartsofPLC? 10. WhatarethedifferentsizesofPLC? 11. DrawtheblockdiagramofPLC. 12. WhatarethemeritsofusingPLC? 13. DrawthediagramofACdiscreteinputmodule. 14. HowcanapersonalcomputerareconvertedintoaPLCprogram. 15. Givetwosinglepoleswitches;writeaprogramthatwillturnonanoutputwhenbothswitch AandswitchBareclosed. 16. WhatarethemostcommonlanguagesusedinPLC? 17. WhytheladderdiagramwaspreferablyusedinPLC? 18. WhatarethedifferenttypesofinstructionsinPLC? 19. WritethesimpleprogramusingEXAMINEIFCLOSED(XIC)INSTRUCTION. 20. WritethesimpleprogramusingEXAMINEIFOPEN(XIO)INSTRUCTION. 21. Explainthetermsnormallyopencontactandnormallyclosedcontactastheyapplytothe relay. 22. Whatisthemaindifferencebetweenacontactorandamagneticmotorstarter? 23. Drawtheelectricalsymbolusedtorepresenteachofthefollowingswitches. a)NOpushbutton. b)Singlepoleselectorswitch. c)Nopressureswitch d)NOproximityswitch. 24. Whatissealincircuit? 25. Explainthedifferencebetweenasequentialandcombinationalcontrolprocess. PARTB 1. WithneatdiagramexplainthepartsofPLC. 2. ExplaintheworkingprincipleofPLCwithneatdiagram. 3. ExplaintheanalogI/Omoduleswithneatdiagram.(pg:4.55)

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4. ExplainthedigitalI/Omoduleswithneatdiagram.(pg: 5. Writeashortnotesona)Programmingdevicesb)DiagnosticsofPLCswithcomputer. 6. WithneatdiagramexplaintheEXAMINEONandEXAMINEOFFinstructionwithone example. 7. Explaintheelectromagneticcontrolrelaywithneatdiagram. 8. Withneatsketchexplainthemanuallyoperatedandproximityswitch. 9. Writeshortnotesona)outputcontrolrelayb)latchingrelay. 10. Withneatdiagramexplaintheconvertingrelaylogicdiagramtoladderlogicdiagramwith oneexample. UnitV PARTA 1. Distinguishbetweentraditionaldesignapproachandmechatronicsapproach. 2. Whatisbarcoding? 3. Statethefunctionofacomputer. 4. Automaticcameraismechatronicssystem.Justify? 5. Mentionthestagesindesigningamechatronicssystem. 6. Whataretheadvantagesofthemicroprocessorcontrolledsystem? 7. Whatisrobot? 8. Whatarepartsinrobot? 9. Whataretheaxesofapickandplacerobot? 10. Howdothemovementsofrobottakeplace? 11. Whatisparkingsystem? 12. Whatistheuseofparkingsystem? 13. WhatistheuseofPLCinautomaticcarparksystem? 14. Howdoesacarparkbarrierworks? 15. Howisthevoltageproducedbytheoxygensensors? 16. Whatistheuseofoxygensensors? 17. Howatraditionalsystemdesignoftemperaturecontrolofdomesticscentralheatingsystemis improvedbymechatronicsdesign? 18. Whatarethetwostrokeengines? 19. Whatarethefourstrokeengines? 20. Whatisenginemanagement? 21. Whatisthefunctionofpiston? 22. Whatistheuseofsparkplug? 23. Whatisthedifferencebetweentwostrokeandfourstrokeengine? 24. Drawtheblockdiagramofenginemanagementusingmicroprocessor? 25. Whatarethepossibledesignprocedures? PartB 1. Whatarethestagesindesigningamechatronicssystems?(pg:5.1) 2. Comparethetraditionalapproachandmechatronicsapproachtoprocesscontroland manufacturing.(pg:5.45) 3. Howdomovementsofrobottakesplace?Explainitneatly.(pg:5.22) 4. Explainthedesignaspectsofpickandplacerobot.(pg:5. 5. Explainabouttheelectronicweighingmachinethatcanbedevelopedbymechatronics. (pg:5.18) 6. Explainaboutthedesignofautomaticcarparkingsystem.(pg:5.24)

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7. Explainaboutthedesignofenginemanagementinmechatronicsdesign.(pg:5.26) 8. Discussthetraditionalandmechatronicsdesignapproachwithanexample.(pg:5.3) 9. Explainaboutthedesignoftemperaturecontrolincentralheatingsystem. 10. Explaintheoperationanddesignofwashingmachinecontrol. ***************