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• Related Links
• Handy Board Reference Manual
• Motorola 68HC11 Reference Manual
Lab reports

• Lab Syllabus
• Tips and Guidelines
• Sample Memo (Guidelines)
• Sample Memo (Encoder Design)

• Mechatronics Lab Handouts - Fall

• Lab 1 Introduction to Lab
• Lab 2 Labview Computer Systems
• Lab 3 Computer Data Collection
• CONTAINS PRE-LAB EXERCISE ON FIRST PAGE!
• Lab 4 Linkage Design
• CONTAINS PRE-LAB EXERCISE ON FIRST PAGE!
• Lab 5 Introductionto Handy Board
• It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you read through this handout before lab!
• Lab 6 Photosensors
• Data sheet
• Lab 7 Ultrasonic Sensors
Sonar Data
Handy Board Example
• Lab 8 Operational Amplifiers  Don't forget the pre-lab!!!  (Hint: if you want to leave early, you'll design the whole circuit at the end of the handout, too.)
LM324 Data sheet
• Lab 9 Position and Velocity Sensors
• Lab 10 Servo & Stepper Motors




• Mechatronics Lab Handouts -Spring


• Lab 1 Dynamometer Part 1 - Force/Torque Sensors
• Lab 2 Dynamometer Part 2 - Torque/Speed Curve
• CONTAINS PRE-LAB EXERCISE ON FIRST PAGE!
• Lab 3 DC Motor Characteristics
• Lab 4 First Order System Response
• CONTAINS PRE-LAB EXERCISE ON FIRST PAGE!
• Lab 5 Second Order System Response
• Lab 7 PID Controllers
• CONTAINS PRE-LAB EXERCISE ON FIRST PAGE!
Robot Project Files