Welcome to

Applied Mechatronics 2020

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What is Mechatronics?

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What is Mechatronics?

- Introduced by Japanese engineer Ko Kikuchi in 1969

- Mechatronics is the synergistic integration ofprecision mechanical engineering, electronics andcontrol systems (& computer science) in the designof products and manufacturing processes.

Mechatronics = Mechanics + Electronics(+ Control + Computer Science)

It’s an unusual course!

• Close contact with Industy• Cooperation over program borders• (a lot of) Lab hands-on practice• Examination

2020 registered students

• 50 Mechanical Engineering• 22 Electrical Engineering• 4 Computer Science• 1 Engineering Physics• 2 International students

What do students think?

“Write 3 good & 3 bad things about the course”Feedback from the students 2017

Lectures

Individual lab project

Industrial project (group) EIEN01 Mechatronics, Ind Product Design

EIEF01 Applied Mechatronics

Industrial project

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Overview - Course Structure

Lectures (not so many…)

• Main focus: to help with the individualproject work

• Some lectures aiming at the industrialproject

• Topics can be changed if needed

Individual lab project• Individual project (collaborative work allowed)• Build an embedded servo control system from

the component level • Lab access 24 / 7 with one 2 hour assisted lab

session per week and group (6 groups?)• Debugging is the key word!!• Several design stages (milestones) to be

checked by the lab assistants

Industrial Projects• They will be presented next week

• Project group’s competence must match the problem given

• The group must be able to finish the project in 2020

• We want to know if you intend to continue developing a prototype in the spring course EIEN01 or not!

Previous Industrial Projects

• Volvo Trucks

• Baxter

• Volvo CE

• ElOnRoad

• Axis

• Haldex

• BorgWarner

• Infonomy

• Tetra Pack

What’s needed to pass the course?

• Industrial project assessment end of December

– Oral presentation and written report

• Demonstration of lab project (exam!)

– Demonstrate your functioning system

– Teachers introduce bugs / ask for added functionality

– Debug and repair (4 hours)

– Show again

The first week…• Today: Course introduction, lab group selection,

first lecture on electronic components!

• Tomorrow: continuation electronic components, presentation of the “individual project” and milestones

• Thursday: introduction to the serial port, StripCAD and vero- board prototyping, inspirational lecture “Control and sensory feedback in prosthetics” by Dr. Christian Antfolk

The second week…• 8/9: Inspirational lecture “Industry 4.0” by Prof.

Anders Robertsson, industrial projects catalogue

• 9/9: Starting of the lab sessions!

• 10/9: Lecture on I/O devices and PCB design:– Pulse Width Modulation– Analogue / Digital conversion– Incremental Encoder– PCB design guidelines

The Course Crew• Fran Márquez (IEA, course responsible, lectures and projects)

• Gunnar Lindstedt (IEA, lectures and projects)

• Philip Abrahamsson (IEA, lectures and projects)

• Joakim Cedergren (IEA, lab project)

• Henrik Elmér (IEA, lab project)

• Sven Gestegård Robertz (CS, programming / hardware lectures)

• Damien Motte (Product Development, lectures )

• Karl-Erik Årzén (Aut. Control, lectures)

Practicalities...• Info: iea.lth.se/tillmek

• Schedule: Google Calendar

• Lectures: Zoom

• Labs: M-building

Practicalities...

Selection of Lab Group• Group 1: Wednesdays 13.00 – 15.00 h

• Group 2: Wednesdays 15.00 – 17.00 h

• Group 3: Thursdays 13.00 – 15.00 h

• Group 4: Thursdays 15.00 – 17.00 h

• Group 5: Fridays 13.00 – 15.00 h

• Group 6: Fridays 15.00 – 17.00 h

Practicalities...• Lab Group Selection: Max. 12 students per

session

• https://padlet.com/fran_marquez_epg/ifw78828kn2hfz81

Practicalities...• Lab Booking: Max. 12 students

per session

o Done through Doodle (link to be sent out next week)

o You can book a max. of 5 hours in the future (starting the day after) in blocks of max. 2 hours

o A booked spot is reserved for 15 min. and after that it can be taken = ACADEMIC QUARTER DOES NOT APPLY!

Attendance list!

• https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t76o2IcS8ik2y-K4j8YMeynzGibTvYM4/view?usp=sharing

Welcome to

Applied Mechatronics 2020

Check the course webpage for updates!http://iea.lth.se/tillmek