This page contains the Mechatronics lab manual for the ME 316 lab.

These notes were originally written by Dr. Rico Picone and the master copy is available on his site. This copy may have changes from the last time I taught a course which used this material, but may also be out of date.

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Individual lecture files

000.00 Preface

01.00 Introduction

01.01 Lab Exercise 01 Introduction

01.02 Resource 1 LaTeX Tutorial

01.03 Resource 2 LabVIEW configuration

01.04 Resource 3 myRIO configuration

02.00 Circuits and their measurement

02.01 Supplying power

02.02 Measuring voltage

02.03 Circuit prototyping

02.04 Lab Exercise 02 Voltage Dividers

02.05 Resource 4 Figures in MATLAB

03.00 RC Circuit Time Response

03.01 Lab Exercise 03 RC Circuit Response

03.02 Resource 5 Preparing the myRIO

03.03 Resource 6 LabVIEW to MATLAB

04.00 RLC Circuit Frequency Response

04.01 Lab Exercise 04 RLC Frequency Response

05.00 AC to DC Conversion

05.01 Bridge rectifier analysis

05.02 Lab Exercise 05 AC to DC Conversion

06.00 555 Timer and Soldering

06.01 Soldering

06.02 Lab Exercise 06 555 Timer Circuit and Soldering

07.00 Thermal Response

07.01 Lab Exercise 07 Thermal Response

08.00 Brushed DC Motors

08.01 Lab Exercise 08 Brushed DC Motors

09.00 Bibliography