Lecture 1
Lecture 1
Mohamed Osama
▪ Introduction
▪ Sensors and signal conditioning
▪ Actuation
▪ Microprocessor systems
▪ System models
▪ What is mechatronics?
▪ The design process
▪ Systems
▪ Measurement systems
▪ Control systems
▪ Programmable logic controller
▪ Examples of mechatronic systems
▪ The integration across the traditional boundaries of mechanical
engineering, electrical engineering, electronics and control
engineering (earliest stages)
steady-state conditions
▪ Measurement systems made up of three basic elements
1. A sensor responds to the quantity being measured by giving as its
output a signal (thermocouple)
2. A signal conditioner takes the signal from the sensor and
manipulates it into a condition which is suitable either for display
or control system (signal amplifier)
3. A display system displays the output from the signal conditioner.
1- Feedback
2- Open- and closed-loop systems
Open-loop system
Closed-loop system
▪ Basic elements of a closed-loop system
1. Comparison element : compares the required or reference
value of the variable being controlled with the measured value