The word “Mechatronics” was created by combining the words “Mechanical” and “Electronics”. Mechatronics products are those where mechanical and electronic components are tightly integrated and optimal design requires that both mechanical and electrical be considered together.
Spec refers to specification, and a spec sheet is indicates the performance guaranteed by a manufacturer. In order to design reliable devices all the components should be operated within spec. Below are the spec. sheets and other resources used in the MAE 156A Mechatronics project.
Actuators
Electrical Components
Arduino Mega Overview (Lab 2)
Logic Levels for Digital I/O
Precision Potentiometer (aka pot)
Driving High Current Loads (Lab 2)
Motor Driver - Cytron 10A (Lab 2)
Motors and Capacitors (Lab 2)
Mechanical Components
XL Timing Belts (48 teeth and 90 teeth)
Machine Design Text by Shigley (access from UCSD campus or via VPN): http://roger.ucsd.edu/record=b6343736~S9
Roark's formulas for stress and strain (access from UCSD campus or via VPN): http://roger.ucsd.edu/record=b6681218~S9
Software Code Examples
Quadrature_counter_interrupt.ino Code for measuring encoder counts using interrupts
Software Guides