Weekly Schedule|Quizzes & Exercise|class activity|
| week | Topic | Video link |
| synchronous/online class | ||
| Week 1 – 2 : 17 -28 Oct | Topic 1: Dynamics of mechatronic systems Principles of kinematic and dynamic of mechatronic system based on force and torque as input to the system. Brief review on control principle based on low order system and the configuration of closed loop system. Newton’s Law of Motions, Euler Lagrange Equation of Motion | week 1-2 |
| Week 3 31 – 4 Nov | Topic 2: Control System related to Electric Drive Brief review on control principle based on first and second order system and the configuration of closed loop system. Performance criteria of control system | week 3 |
| Week 4 7 – 11 Nov | Topic 3: Introduction to Electrical Motor and Drives Electrical torque production, equivalent circuit, motoring condition, behaviour with and without load and efficiency. Relationship of speed, rated voltage and torque. Power range for motor and drives, torque-speed characteristic. | |
| Asynchronous/offline class | ||
| Week 5-6 14 – 25 Nov | Topic 4: DC Motors modelling – transfer function and state-space representation. Torque production, steady state characteristics, transient behavior, four quadrant operation and braking. Control in field weakening region. | week 6-7 |
| Week 7 28 – 2 Dec | MATLAB: DC Motor Simulation of DC motor with load torque – Performance assessment and design TEST | week 7 |
| Week 8 5 – 9 Dec | Mid-Semester Break | |
| Week 9 12 – 16 Dec | Topic 5: DC Motor Drives Open-loop transfer function. Speed, position and current control. Cascade control structures, | week 9 |
| Week 10 19 – 23 Dec | Simulation of DC Motor drives. PWM for unipolar and bipolar switching. | week 10 |
| Week 11 26 – 30 Dec | Topic 6: AC Motor Configuration and performance | |
| Week 12-14 2 – 20 Jan | Topic 7: AC Motor Drives Induction motor characteristic, space vector theory, state space models, phase and reference frame transformations, generic vector control description, torque and flux decoupling control, indirect and direct vector control, stator current control schemes, standard and space vector PWM methods, Simulation of Induction Motor drives | |
| Week 15 23 – 27 Jan | Topic 8: Application of Electric Motors in mechatronic system Integration of application and motors as actuation system. Case Studies in actual applications. |