Sumários

Signal conditioning

22 março 2018, 12:30 • Helena Sarmento

Amplifiers, excitation circuits, Analog-to-Digital converters and Data transmission.

Exercises.

2st Lab session

20 março 2018, 15:30 • Helena Sarmento

Lab assignments: 

  • Control of a robotic arm tilt, with an accelerometer.
  • Stepper Motor control, using Arduino 
  • Distance measurements with an ultrasonic sensor, using RaspberryPi 
  • Smartphone´s sensors
  • Hydraulic system control, using a PLC 

Signal conditioning

20 março 2018, 12:30 • Helena Sarmento

Voltage divider and Wheatstone Bridge.

Exercises.

2st Lab session

16 março 2018, 12:30 • Helena Sarmento

Lab assignments: 

  • Control of a robotic arm tilt, with an accelerometer.
  • Stepper Motor control, using Arduino 
  • Sensors and actuators in a Pololu m3pi robot 
  • Distance measurements with an ultrasonic sensor, using RaspberryPi 
  • Hydraulic system control, using a PLC 

Transduction mechanisms

15 março 2018, 12:30 • Helena Sarmento

Resistive transduction. Capacitive transduction. Inductive transduction. Magnetic transduction. Piezoelectric transduction. Pyroelectric transduction. Photovoltaic transduction. Thermoelectric transduction.

Exercises.