Mechatronic Actuators
The course covers the comparison, selection, implementation, and control of pneumatic, hydraulic, and electric actuators for various mechatronic applications, emphasizing semiconductor elements, drive solutions, and closed-loop systems.
Introduction to mechatronic actuators (lecture slides)
Types of actuators (lecture slides)
Electrostatics and electromagnetism (lecture slides)
Electrostatics, electromagnetism, solving electrical circuits (tutorial tasks and video)
Tasks with solutions Video (in Slovene)
Semiconductors (lecture slides)
Diode, transistors, SCR, IGBT (tutorial tasks and video)
Tasks with solutions Video (in Slovene)
DC motor, basic principles and types (lecture slides)
DC motor (tutorial tasks and video)
Tasks with solutions Video (in Slovene)
DC motor as part of a control system (lecture slides)
Asynchronous motor, signals, 3 phase sources and motors (lecture slides)
AC signals and circuits, 3-phase systems (tutorial tasks and video)
Tasks with solutions Video (in Slovene)
Asynchronous motors, basics and types (lecture slides)
Synchronous motor, asynchronous motor (tutorial tasks)
Tasks with solutions
Stepper motor (lecture slides)
Stepper motor (tutorial tasks)
Tasks with solutions
Mechanical drives, equations of motion, trajectories, velocity profiles (lecture slides)
Mechanical drives, types, components, displacement, precision and accuracy (lecture slides)
Mechanical drives, encoders (lecture slides)
Encoders (tutorial tasks and video)
Tasks with solutions Video (in Slovene)
Alternative drives (lecture slides)
Student seminars
Implementation of a Servo System in TiaPortal (Siemens)
Comparison of hydraulic, pneumatic and electric actuators
Electrification and implementation of electric unlocking (RFID) at the bike box
Closed-loop stepper motor control with Eaton XC204 PLC
Closed-loop stepper motor control with Eaton XC204 PLC.pdf
Automated garden irrigation system using ESP32 and KME Smart
Automated garden irrigation system using ESP32 and KME Smart.pdf
Research into Passive Magnetic Field Based Actuators
Automating roof window blind
DC motor, clutch and brake control