Duration of the online course: 23 hours and 1 minutes
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Mechatronics is where mechanics, electronics, sensing, and control come together to create smart machines. If you want to understand how modern products and industrial equipment actually work—from automated mechanisms to sensor-driven devices—this course gives you a practical foundation that connects concepts across disciplines. You will learn to think in terms of complete systems: how inputs are sensed, how signals are processed, and how outputs are actuated to produce reliable motion and performance.
Starting with core ideas and real-world examples, you will develop the mindset needed to recognize what makes a system truly mechatronic and why integration is its defining advantage. You then build essential electronics knowledge, focusing on circuit components and the role they play in shaping current and voltage. As the course progresses, semiconductor fundamentals and transistor applications help you see how switching and amplification underpin both measurement and control in engineered systems.
A major emphasis is placed on sensors and how to evaluate them. You will interpret common performance terminology such as sensitivity and learn how measurements for displacement, position, force, flow, and acceleration are obtained and represented. Encoders, accelerometers, and force measurement principles are treated as part of a broader measurement chain, so you understand not only what a sensor does, but how it behaves in practice and how its output becomes usable information.
Actuation is covered from multiple angles, linking mechanical actuation with fluid power and electrical drives. By comparing hydraulic and pneumatic approaches with electrical actuator systems, you will gain an intuition for when each is advantageous, what trade-offs are involved, and how elements like stepper motors fit into motion control scenarios.
To tie everything together, the course introduces data presentation and signal conditioning, bridging the gap between raw sensor signals and meaningful digital information. You will explore instruments used to observe signals, the role of op-amps as conditioners, and the logic behind filtering and conversion between analog and digital domains. By the end, you should feel more confident reading system diagrams, communicating across mechanical and electrical boundaries, and approaching mechatronics problems with structured, job-relevant reasoning.
Video class: Mechatronics
03m
Video class: Lecture 1 : Introduction
39m
Exercise: What is a primary characteristic of a mechatronic system?
Video class: Lecture 2: Mechatronics System Examples
28m
Exercise: Which of the following mechatronic systems utilizes MEMS technology for component development?
Video class: Lecture 3: Electric Circuits and Components
36m
Exercise: What is the primary function of a resistor in an electric circuit?
Video class: Lecture 4: Semiconductor Electronics
36m
Exercise: What is the approximate built-in potential (contact potential) of a silicon PN junction diode?
Video class: Lecture 5: Application of Transistors
27m
Exercise: What are the principal applications of Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT)?
Video class: Lecture 6: Sensors Performance Terminology
27m
Exercise: What does the sensitivity of a sensor refer to in the context of mechatronics?
Video class: Lecture 7: Displacement, Position
30m
Exercise: What is displacement measurement primarily concerned with?
Video class: Lecture 8: Displacement, Position
37m
Exercise: What is the purpose of encoders in mechatronics systems?
Video class: Lecture 9: Force, Fluid Flow Sensors
40m
Exercise: What is the principle behind the measurement of force in a spring balance?
Video class: Lecture 10: Acceleration
42m
Exercise: What is the main function of an accelerometer in mechatronics?
Video class: Lecture 11 : Mechanical Actuation Systems
35m
Exercise: What is the primary function of mechanical actuation systems in mechatronics?
Video class: Lecture 12 : Hydraulic and Pneumatic Actuators
46m
Exercise: What is the primary medium used in pneumatic signals for controlling final control elements?
Video class: Lecture 13 : Electrical Actuation System - I
49m
Exercise: What is a key benefit of using electrical actuators in mechatronic systems?
Video class: Lecture 14 : Electrical Actuation Systems - II
35m
Exercise: Which of the following is NOT a feature of a stepper motor?
Video class: Lecture 15 : Data Presentation Systems
38m
Exercise: What is a primary function of the digital storage oscilloscope?
Video class: Lecture 16: Introduction to Signal Conditioning
43m
Exercise: Which electronic component is typically used for amplifying signals in the signal conditioning process of a mechatronics system?
Video class: Lecture 17: OP-AMP As Signal Conditioner
27m
Exercise: What function can an op-amp perform when using feedback resistance with two input signals V1 and V2 on the inverting side and grounding the non-inverting side?
Video class: Lecture 18: Analogue To Digital Converters
35m
Exercise: What is the role of a low pass filter in an Analog to Digital Conversion (ADC) system?
Video class: Lecture 19: Digital To Analogue Converters
29m
Exercise: What is the Fourier series representation of a waveform primarily used for?
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Course comments: Mechatronics
Brayden Darnell
im 13 and as im not complete with this course I have still found it very useful and it is great for notes and studies so far.
Thanseer
hi
Andebet Sendekie
interesting course
yashaswini
Good explanation of concepts can be made more interactive to learn
Ravindu Lakruwan Sahabandu
Very Valuable Course.