Resources

Why Mechatronics?

Precision Point - by Janssen Precision Engineering (JPE)
Fundamentals of Design - lectures by Prof. Alexander Slocum (MIT)
Mechatronics System Design - OpenCourseWare by Prof. Rob Munnig Schmidt (TU Delft)
Building Prototypes videos - Excellent tutorial videos on prototyping by Dan Gelbart (CREO founder)

Control System Overview mindmap - pdf, coggle
Control System Lectures by Brian Douglas
MATLAB Tech Talk series on Control Systems - Nice lectures on controls by Brian Douglas
Understanding Control Systems - nice MATLAB videos (more videos - 2, 3, 4, 5)
What are Bode Plots? - nice MATLAB videos (more videos - 2, 3, 4)
PID controls - nice MATLAB videos (more videos - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Control Bootcamp by Steve Brunton, U Washington, a rapid overview of optimal control
Control Systems-1 - lectures from course at ETH Zurich (Prof. Emilio Frazzoli)
Control Systems-2 - lectures from course at ETH Zurich (Prof. Jacopo Tani)
Motional Feedback theory in a nutshell - by Robert Munning Schmidt (RMSAcoustics)
Acceleration feedback design - Nice example of total mechatronics design!
Non-linear Controls - by Prof. Slotine, MIT
Non-linear Control Systems - by Topperly (Youtube) - nice lectures on the fundamentals
Cartoon Tour of Control Theory - By Dr. S M Joshi

Python Control Systems Library - Controls System toolbox for Python
Jupyter Lab - Next-generation web-based user interface for Project Jupyter
- Installation and Overview - A nice article with an overview of Jupyter Lab
- Jupyter Blog - Blog posts about Jupyter Lab
- Curated list of Jupyter Lab extensions, Another list
- Interactive Controls for Jupyter Notebooks - How to use interactive IPython widgets to enhance data exploration and analysis
GNU Octave - Free software with interface and language very similar to MATLAB
SciLab - Free software for control-systems development. Has free alternative to Simulink. Controls tutorials here.
ShapeIt - Loop shaping tool for MATLAB
Matplotlib tutorial - Very nice tutorial on matplotlib

Motors and electromagnetic drives - Nice application notes by Precision Microdrives
Fundamentals of electric machines - MS thesis by James Mevey (very nice read!)
Electrostatic/Piezoelectric actuators driving - Very nice reference by PiezoDrive

Field Wiring and Noise Considerations for Analog Signals - by National Instruments
Estimate Encoder Velocity from quadrature encoders - by Jason Sachs (Embedded Related blog)
Acquiring an Analog Signal - by National Instruments
Sampling and Reconstruction of continuous time signals - by Lee and Varaiya
Basics of EMI filters - by Murata
Analog Tips and Tricks - Kent Lundberg - A nice collection of Analog design application notes from the legendary Jim Williams of Linear Technologies Corp.