[...]... this chapter the reader will: 1 have an idea on how we design mechatronic systems 2 know what are the phases of the design of such systems 3 have a clear idea on how to deal with each phase of the design of the mechatronic systems The progress and the miniaturization we have seen in electronics during the last decades have allowed engineers to come up with new products and new engineering disciplines... simple and easy to reproduce by the user in case • the implementation must be easy to do and well documented In the rest of this chapter we will describe briefly each phase of the design of the whole mechatronic systems 1.1 Mechanical Part Design The mechanical part is a principle part in the mechatronic system In the phase design of this part, we will conceive and manufacture the parts that compose the mechatronic. .. 283 283 284 285 304 324 333 336 336 V 8 Implementation Design and Implementation of Mechatronic System 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Design Phase 8.3 Electronic Design 8.4 Software Design and Real-Time Implementation 8.4.1 dsPIC30F4011 ... the intelligence of these mechatronic systems is implemented in microcontrollers The discipline that deals with such systems is mechatronics that we define as the synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, and software engineering The purpose of this interdisciplinary engineering field is to build and control complex systems by providing hardware and software solutions The... Introduction 1.1 Mechanical Part Design 1.2 Electronic Circuit Design 1.3 Real-Time Implementation 1.4 Organization of the Book 1 3 4 7 19 I Mechatronic Systems 21 2 23 23 26 27 29 30 31 34 34 37 40 40 40 Mechatronic Systems 2.1 Mechatronics ... mechatronic system Most of these mechatronic systems are composed of: • a mechanical part including the actuators and sensrors • an electronic circuit that is built around a microcontroller or a set of microcontrollers • a real-time implementation that represents the intelligence of the system As example of mechatronic system, let us consider a laboratory setup for real-time implementation of control algorithms... in our computers For the computer controlled systems, we need appropriate cards known as data acquisition cards These devices come with analog to digital (ADC) and digital to analog (DAC) converters and other necessary components real-time control applications For some mechatronic systems, the use of computers and data acquisition cards are not appropriate and more often we use instead electronic circuit... the traffic light system we are dealing with and for which we should design the mechatronic system Our goal is to design a mechatronic system that controls the traffic flow for these two streets More specifically, we must control the lights (red, yellow and green) in each street Most of the common traffic lights around the world consists of three lights, red, yellow and green Fig 1.7 gives an idea of the light... electronics, control and programming Examples of such systems can be found in industrial areas ranging from aerospace industry to car industry The design of mechatronic systems is a task that requires engineers from different disciplines like mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, control engineering, computer engineering, etc The knowledge of these engineers are combined to produce the best mechatronic. .. system We will also choose the actuators and the sensors we will use for this mechatronic system Either the design of the mechanical part or the choice of the actuators and sensors are done by respecting some design rules that will be presented in a forthcoming chapter of the volume It is also important to keep in mind 4 1 Introduction that the recycling of the mechatronic system once it becomes obsolete . alt="" Mechatronic Systems