Week 1 - Course Overview; Mechanical Design; Circuits Review

Description of the main objectives of the class, the organization of the lab and the final project. Review of steering mechanisms, propulsion methods and 3D printing. Quick review of circuits.

Lecture 1 notes (Course Overview)

Lecture 2 notes Mechanical Design)

Lecture 3 notes (Circuits Review)

Lecture 3B notes (Circuits Review Continued)

Suggested reading

  • System Dynamics Ch. 6: Electrical and Electromechanical Systems

Homework (Optional)

Homework #1

Homework #1 - Solution

Week 2 - Intro to Arduino Programming; Data Acquisition

Lecture 4 notes (Arduino)

Lecture 5 notes (Data Acquisition)

Suggested reading

  • System Dynamics p. 563-564 Digital control systems

Week 4 - Intro to Statistics and Controls; Power control with Mosfets; How DC Brushed Motors Work;

Lecture 9: Statistics and Robot Simulator

Lecture 10A notes - MOSFET

Lecture 10 notes (DC Brushed Motors)

Suggested reading

  • System Dynamics Ch. 6.5,6.6: Electric Motors
  • System Dynamics Ch. 9.5 Introduction to Block Diagrams
  • System Dynamics Ch. 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 Introduction to Feedback Control Systems

DC Brushed motor explanation

DC Brushed motor movie

DC Brushed motor animation

Characteristics of DC motors

DC motor calculations

Mathematical modeling of DC motors

Useful conversion

Inside a servomotor

Inside a servomotor 2

Homework (Optional)

Homework #3

Homework #3 - Solution

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Week 8 - Experimental Design; Mathematical Modelling

Week 9 - Experimental Verification

Week 10 - Final Project: Section Competitions