Mechatronics School
Tentative outline for the Mechatronics System Design course at IIT Madras
Mechatronic System Design
When: Jul-03 to Jul-05, 2019
Where: IIT Madras, Chennai, India
Course format: 3 full-days, in-person, theory and lab sessions.
No. of spots: 40
Course brochure: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ihl74yq9Wjr2puUXRFBKe3WH129cIUAm/view
Registration details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-7EqxdQm2jat94pEjKiQqXMD-HbPxe0j/view
Course Outline (tentative): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JzoGECaGUVYqfw8uJZiNYCENGFOlERtr/view
Pre-course preparation
Watch Classical Control Theory videos by Brian Douglas
Read Chapter-1 and Chapter-2 of The Design of High Precision Mechatronics 2nd edition
Read the Modeling and Simulation Lectures - by Claudio Altafini
Lecture -7 : Physical principles; Analogies among physical domains
Lecture - 8: Bond graphs
Lecture - 9: Bond graphs (contd.)
Complete online pre-course assessment before Jun-25-2019
Pre-course assessment (click on link to go to the assessment page)
Setup Python Control Systems Library on your computer
Setup Python Control Systems Library
Instructions for how to setup the Python Control Systems Library on your computer. (click on image to the left)
All good engineers need tools in their toolkit for analysis and modeling. For Controls, we will use the Python Control Systems Librarywhich offers much of the functionality of the MATLAB controls systems toolbox but is free and open-source.
Resources
Go to the resources page for links to useful resources related to Mechatronics.