ME2082 Syllabus (Spring, 2016)

General Information

• References:

v Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems, 3rd edition, by D. Alciatore and M. Histand
McGraw-Hill, 2007, Table of Content of the book

v Steve P. Beeby, Graham Ensel, Michael Kraft, MEMS Mechanical Sensors, ISBN: 1580535364, Publisher: Artech House Publishers (May 1, 2004)

v Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac, Electromechanical Sensors and Actuators, ISBN 0-387-98495-X, TK7872.T6B87, Springer-Verlag New York, 1999

v Tai-Ran Hsu, MEMS & Microsystems: Design and Manufacture, ISBN 0-07-239391-2, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, TK7874.H794, 2002

v Clarence W. de Silva, “Sensors and Actuators: Control System Instrumentation” 1st Edition, ISBN 1-4200-4483-4, CRC Press, 2007

• Prerequisites:
• MEMS 0031: Electrical Circuits
• MEMS 1014: Dynamic Systems
• MATH - Ordinary Differential Equations
• General Catalog Course Description:
• First part of this course will be on instrumentation and measurement system analysis and design. Circuit components, semiconductor electronics, system response, analog signal processing using op-amps, digital circuits will be briefly discussed.
• The second part will be on electromechanical sensors and actuators. By focusing on the fundamental coupling between electrical and mechanical energy domain, the objective is to provide a thorough understanding of the various mechanisms that can be exploited in the design of electromechanical sensors and actuators. These transduction mechanisms include: 1) transduction based on changes in the energy stored in electric field, 2) transduction based on changes in the energy stored in magnetic field, 3) piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity, 4) linear inductive transduction mechanisms, and 5) resistive transduction mechanisms. As each mechanism is explained, various transduction materials, sensors and actuators from a wide a range of applications will be discussed.

• Class Time/Location:
• G26 Benedum Hall, 11:00to 12:15pm Tuesday and Thursday

• Instructor (for lecture, reading assignment, and general concept questions):
• Dr. Qing-Ming Wang
  office: 511 Benedum Hall, hours: MW 11am-12 noon; otherwise, by appointment
  phone: 412-624-4885
  e-mail: qiw4@pitt.edu.edu
  web: www.pitt.edu/~qiw4
  
• TA (for homework, and project help; and for grading questions or corrections):
• No TA for this class.

· Paper search sites Journals:

o http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/search

o IEEE Transactions on UFFC, http://www.ieee-uffc.org/publications/tr/

o Open access online journal: Journal of Sensors, http://www.hindawi.com/journals/js/

o Sensors and Actuators A: Physical: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/sensors-and-actuators-a-physical/

o Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/sensors-and-actuators-b-chemical/

Week	Lecture Topic	Reading Assignment and video Demo	Homework Assignment
1	course introduction electric circuit fundamentals	v Transducer Introduction (Lecture 1) v Mechatronics system component	Homework1
	Internet links 1.1 - definitions of "mechatronics" 1.2 - online mechatronics resources 1.3 - Segway Human Transporter 1.4 - threaded design example components 1.5 - Digikey electronics supplier 1.6 - Jameco electronics supplier	Video Demo 1.1 - Adept One robot demonstration (8.0 MB) 1.2 - Adept One robot internal design and construction (4.6 MB) 1.3 - Honda Asimo Raleigh, NC demonstration (8.2 MB) 1.4 - Sony "Qrio" Japanese dance demo (6.7 MB) 1.5 - inkjet printer components with DC motors and piezoelectric inkjet head (6.8 MB) 1.6 - DC motor power-op-amp speed controller (7.4 MB) 1.7 - stepper motor position and speed controller (4.9 MB) 1.8 - DC motor position and speed controller (6.8 MB)
2-3	· Transduction Mechanism Based on Capacitive Devices electric circuit fundamentals (continued) input and output impedance AC circuits introduction Internet links 2.1 - resistor color codes 2.2 - electronic component online resources and vendors 2.3 - instrumentation online resources and vendors	v Microfabrication Brief v Capacitive Transducers Other Circuits Background v Chapter 2-1 Handouts v Chapter2-2 v Chapter2-3 v Circuit summary Video Demo · 2.1 - resistors (1.4 MB) 2.2 - electronics components of various types and sizes (5.9 MB) 2.3 - capacitors (1.5 MB) 2.4 - breadboard construction (2.4 MB) 2.5 - instrumentation for powering and making measurements in circuits (3.5 MB) 2.6 - light bulb series and parallel circuit comparison (0.7 MB) 2.7 - connectors (BNC, banana plugs, alligator clips) (3.2 MB) 2.8 - oscilloscope demonstrations using the Tektronix 2215 analog scope (16.2 MB) 2.9 - power transformer with laminated core (1.7 MB) 2.10 - human circuit toy ball (1.9 MB)
2-3	20 Monday Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday observance(University closed)	§ Chapter3-1 handouts § Chapter 3-2-BJT-handsouts § Transistor Basics § Chapter3-2-JFET-handouts § Chapter 3-2-MOSFET-handouts § More on FET § Chapter3 summary
	§ diodes transistors digital electronics number codes combinational logic
	Internet links · semiconductor (IC) manufacturers and online resources · Electronics tutorial · nMOSFET (enhancement) Characteristic Curves	Video demo 3.1 - diodes (1.0 MB) 3.2 - turning a motor on and off with a transistor (2.4 MB) 3.3 - transistors (1.0 MB)
2-3	system response (0th, 1st, 2nd order systems) 2nd order system response modeling analogies	Chapter4-1 handouts Chapter4-2 handouts Chapter4-3 handouts Chapter4-4 handouts Chapter4 summary	Design Problem 1
	Internet Links video demonstrations and online resources for sound and vibration principles	Video demo 4.1 - sine-wave, saw-tooth-wave, and square-wave signal spectra (1.0 MB) 4.2 - spectra of whistling and humming, and amplifier saturation (2.3 MB) 4.3 - bugle tone amplitude, frequency, and spectra (1.3 MB) 4.4 - guitar harmonics and chords (4.2 MB) 4.5 - piano harmonics and tone spectra (2.9 MB) 4.6 - piano keyboard harmonics and chords (1.4 MB) 4.7 - filter (RC circuit) frequency response (2.3 MB) 4.8 - RC circuit charging and discharging (1.1 MB) 4.9 - spring-mass second order system frequency response (1.7 MB) 4.10 - pendulum second order system frequency response (1.5 MB) 4.11 - torsional system frequency response and control (5.8 MB) 4.12 - Tacoma Narrows bridge failure (1940, Puget Sound, Washington)
2-4	operational amplifier circuit analysis applications characteristics of real op amps	Chapter5-1handouts Chapter5-2handouts Chapter5-3handouts Chapter5-4handouts Chapter5 Summary	Design Problem2 Design Problem3 Literature Review-1
	Internet Links 5.1 - mA741 op amp data sheet 5.2 - TL071 FET input op amp data sheet	Video demo 5.1 - integrated circuits (1.7 MB) 5.2 - integrated circuit manufacturing process stages (5.2 MB) 5.3 - op amp integrator circuit at different frequencies (2.2 MB) Digital Circuit Review Chapter6-1 Chapter6-2 Chapter6-3 Chapter6-4 Chapter6-5 Chapter6-6 Chapter6-7
5-7	Transduction based on energy storage in electrical field Air –gap capacitive devices	Capacitive Sensors and actuators Lecture 2 Lecture 3 Lecture 4	Design Problem 4 Homework 2
	Internet Links Touch Screen Capacitive sensing Capacitive vs resistive touchscreens Proximity Capacitive Sensor Technology for Touch Sensing Applications	Video demo Introduction to mTouch Capacitive Touch Sensing Part 1 of 3 Introduction to mTouch Capacitive Touch Sensing Part 2 of 3 Introduction to mTouch Capacitive Touch Sensing Part 3 of 3 Differences Between Capacitive Sensors and Strain Gauges Capacitive Pressure Sensor
		Spring Recess for students (no classes);
	Transduction based on energy storage in electrical field Electrostriction	Electrostriction and Piezoelectricity Lecture 5a Lecture 5b Lecture 6 Lecture 7a Lecture 7b Class Project 2 assignment	Homework 3 Homework 4
8-13	Piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity Magnetic transducers	Lecture 8a Lecture8b Lecture 9 Lecture 10a Lecture 10b	Paper reading; Paper1 Beam deflector Paper2 Beam resonators Paper3 Piezoelectric bimorph Paper 4 Shear stress sensor Paper5 Accelerometer Homework 5
		Video Demo · Piezoelectric device · Piezoelectric effect · How Bosch Piezoelectric Diesel Injector Works · Micromachined piezoelectric acoustic device · Piezoelectric Sensors
14-15	position measurement switches potentiometer LVDT digital encoder stress/strain introduction strain gages Wheatstone bridge strain gage rosette Internet Links 9.1 - sensor online resources and vendors 9.2 - animation of LVDT function 9.3 - HTCL-2016 quadrature decoder/counter 9.4 - strain gage rosette experiment analysis 9.5 - sample bearing signature analysis result for a good bearing 9.6 - sample bearing signature analysis result for a bad bearing piezoelectric accelerometers temperature measurement - introduction thermocouple relations	9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7 App C Chapter9-1handouts LVDT Primer Chapter9-2handputs Chapter9-3handouts Chapter9-4handouts Chapter9-5handouts Chapter9-6handouts Chapter9 summary Video demo 9.1 - magnetic pickup tachometer used in a PID speed controller test-stand (4.0 MB) 9.2 - automated laboratory rat exercise machine with IR sensor and stepper motor (8.0 MB) 9.3 - switches (1.6 MB) 9.4 - voice coil (1.1 MB) 9.5 - magnetostrictive position sensor (0.8 MB) 9.6 - encoder components (1.8 MB) 9.7 - computer mouse relative encoder (1.0 MB) 9.8 - Adept robot digital encoder components (4.3 MB) 9.9 - strain gage rosette experiment (2.4 MB) 9.10 - strain gage rosette experiment analysis discussion (10.3 MB) 9.11 - thermocouple with a digital thermometer (4.5 MB) 9.12 - bouncing ball accelerometer (0.7 MB) 9.13 - accelerometer bearing signature analysis experiment (3.3 MB)	Homework Chapter9: 9.5 [10 pts], 9.9 [20 pts], 9.10[10 pts], 9.12[10pts] 9.16 [15 pts], 9:19 [10pts], 9.20[10 pts], 9.21 [15 pts] [100 points total]
16	motor fundamentals stepper motor control Solid state actuators Internet Links 10.1 - actuator online resources and vendors 10.2 - S17-3A-LV H-bridge 10.3 - how to identify the different wires of a stepper motor 10.4 - stepper motor online resource 10.5 - motor and motion controller online resources and vendors 10.6 - HydraulicValves.org (valve, pump, motor, cylinder manufactures and information)	Chapter10-1handouts Chapter10-2handputs DCMotors dynamic model Chapter10-3handouts Video demo 10.1 - relay and transistor switching circuit comparison (2.3 MB) 10.2 - computer hard-drive with voice coil (1.8 MB) 10.3 - computer hard-drive track seeking demonstration (3.8 MB) 10.4 - computer hard-drive super-slow-motion video of track finding (0.3 MB) 10.5 - AC induction motor (single phase) (2.3 MB) 10.6 - AC induction motor with a soft start for a water pump (1.2 MB) 10.7 - AC induction motor variable frequency drive for a building air handler unit (6.8 MB) 10.8 - DC motor components (2.7 MB) 10.9 - brushless DC motor from a computer fan (1.7 MB) 10.10 - brushless DC motor gear pump (2.5 MB) 10.11 - DC and stepper motor examples (2.2 MB) 10.12 - RC servomotor with pulse-width-modulation input (1.6 MB) 10.13 - stepper motor step response and acceleration through resonance (2.3 MB) 10.14 - high-speed video of medium speed response (0.2 MB) 10.15 - servo motor system (1.7 MB) 10.16 - gear pumps (1.3 MB) 10.17 - hydraulic gear pumps (1.3 MB) 10.18 - pilot valve hydraulic amplifier cut-away (2.5 MB) 10.19 - pneumatic cylinders of various types and sizes (3.5 MB) 10.20 - pneumatic biomechanics exercise apparatus overview (3.8 MB)	Homework Chapter10: 10.3 [10 pts], 10.5 [20 pts], 10.7 [10 pts], 10.8 [20pts] 10.10 [20 pts], 10.11 [10 pts], 10.13 [pts] [100 points total]
17	Final week Presentation April 26, Friday 611 Benedum Hall (10am-12 noon, and 2pm to 4pm)	Literature Review Project