Software Engineering

Term 3- Mechatronics

• Understanding mechatronic hardware and software

  • Outline applications of mechatronic systems in a variety of specialised fields

  • Identify the hardware requirements to run a program and the effect on code development

  • Including:

    • assessing the relationship of microcontrollers and the central processing unit (CPU)

    • the influence of instruction set and opcodes

    • the use of address and data registers

  • Identify and describe a range of sensors, actuators and end effectors/manipulators within existing mechatronic systems

  • Including:

    • motion sensors

    • light level sensors

    • hydraulic actuators

    • robotic grippers

  • Use different types of data and understand how it is obtained and processed in a mechatronic system, including diagnostic data and data used for optimisation

  • Experiment with software to control interactions and dependencies within mechatronic systems

  • Including:

    • motion constraints

    • degrees of freedom

    • combination of subsystems

    • combination of sensors, actuators and end effectors to create viable subsystems

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