ME461 MECHATRONIC COMPON.AND INSTRUMENT
| Course Code: | 5690461 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (1.00 - 4.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. AHMET BUĞRA KOKU |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the students will
- become familiar with various sensors and transducers commonly used in mechatronic designs, and use many of them in the lab for better comprehension of their use in practice,
- become familiar with different (micro)controllers that can be used to integrate various sensors and actuators into a single mechatronic solution,
- become familiar with different actuators commonly used in mechatronic designs, and use some of them in the lab,
- learn about different ways of interpreting sensory information such as image and speech processing,
- become familiar with traditional and contemporary decision making and improve their programming skills.
Course Content
Basic applied concepts in mechatronic Components and instruments. Laboratory experiments on: identification and classification of mechatronic components, sensors and transducers, machine vision, actuating systems, information and cognitive systems, mechatronic instrumentation, evaluation of mechatronic systems.
Course Learning Outcomes
1. Ability to understand basic concepts relating to sensing, measurement, A/D conversion
2. Ability to interface sensors to microcontrollers or computers
3. Ability to interface sensors and actuators to computers
4. Ability to choose proper microcontroller for specific tasks
5. Ability to program select microcontrollers at an introductory level to support small scale designs
6. Ability to understand basics of actuation
7. Ability to interface actuators to microcontrollers or computers
8. Ability to learn about various companies and their products
9. Ability to acquire signals (image, sound etc.) and analyze it via software tools introduced (such as MATLAB, PYTHON)
10. Familiarity with basic image processing concepts
11. Ability to integrate image and sound into a mechatronics design
12. Ability to implement basic search methods
13. Ability to integrate learning and decision making tools (such as MATLAB, PYTHON) with practical applications
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | No | Yes | ||
| 1 | Ability to establish the relationship between mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences with engineering applications. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Ability to find and interpret information | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to follow the literature and technology related to his/her topic of interest | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Recognition of the need to keep oneself up to date in his/her profession | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Possession of written and oral communication skills | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to conduct team work (within the discipline, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary) | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Ability to produce original solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Use of scientific methodology in approaching and producing solutions to engineering problems and needs | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Openness to all that is new | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Ability to conduct experiments | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to do engineering design | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Awareness of engineering ethics, knowledge and adoption of its fundamental elements | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Ability to take societal, environmental and economical considerations into account in professional activities | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Possession of pioneering and leadership characteristics in areas related to the profession | ✔ | |||