ME12004: Mechatronics
[Page last updated: 11 July 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWRI 40%, EXOB 60% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Mechatronics exam (EXOB 60%)
- Mechatronics project report (CWRI 40%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- ME12004 Reassessment examination
ME12004 Reassessment examination
(where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
After successfully completing this unit, you will be able to:
1. Select a suitable sensor type for a particular measurement application.
2. Describe the characteristics of elementary DC and AC electrical circuits and components
3. Design basic amplification circuits and analogue filters.
4. Describe the characteristics of microcontrollers and real-time computer systems
5. Write simple programs for a typical microcontroller
6. Design a data acquisition and measurement system and validation experiment showing an appreciation of noise/sampling/resolution issues, and experimental uncertainty.
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| Synopsis: | You will explore the principles and technology for embedding electronic control in mechanical systems, with an emphasis on sensing and measurement.
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| Content: | Electrical fundamentals
Analysis and presentation of data in MATLAB
Sensors and measurement, Microcontrollers
Microcontroller Programming
Topics for self-study that could be assessed
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| Course availability: |
ME12004 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- UEME-AFB51 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB51 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB52 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB53 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB53 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB52 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB54 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB54 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM51 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM51 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Design Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM52 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM52 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM54 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM54 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFB50 : BEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKB50 : BEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM50 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM50 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
- UEME-AFM53 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 1)
- UEME-AKM53 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with professional placement (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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