MEMS 1082/ME2082 Syllabus (Spring, 2012)

General Information

• Textbook and references:
• Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems, 3rd edition
  by D. Alciatore and M. Histand
  McGraw-Hill, 2007, Table of Content of the book

o Steve P. Beeby, Graham Ensel, Michael Kraft, “MEMS Mechanical Sensors” ISBN: 1580535364, Publisher: Artech House Publishers (May 1, 2004)

o Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac, “ Electromechanical Sensors and Actuators”, ISBN 0-387-98495-X, TK7872.T6B87, Springer-Verlag New York, 1999

o Tai-Ran Hsu, “MEMS & Microsystems: Design and Manufacture,” ISBN 0-07-239391-2, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, TK7874.H794, 2002

• Prerequisites:
• MEMS 0031: Electrical Circuits t
• MEMS 1014: Dynamic Systems
• MATH - Ordinary Differential Equations
• General Catalog Course Description:
• First part of this course will be on instrumentation and measurement system analysis and design. Circuit components, semiconductor electronics, system response, analog signal processing using op-amps, digital circuits will be briefly discussed.
• The second part will be on electroemechanical sensors and actuators. By focusing on the fundamental coupling between electrical and mechanical energy domain, the objective is to provide a thorough understanding of the various mechanisms that can be exploited in the design of electromechanical sensors and actuators. These transduction mechanisms include: 1) transduction based on changes in the energy stored in electric field, 2) transduction based on changes in the energy stored in magnetic field, 3) piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity, 4) linear inductive transduction mechanisms, and 5) resistive transduction mechanisms. As each mechanism is explained, various transduction materials, sensors and actuators from a wide a range of applications will be discussed.

• Class Time/Location:
• MWF 2:00-2:50 pm, 229 Benedum Hall

• Instructor (for lecture, reading assignment, and general concept questions):
• Dr. Qing-Ming Wang
  office: 511 Benedum Hall, hours: MW 11am-12 noon; otherwise, by appointment
  phone: 412-624-4885
  e-mail: qiw4@pitt.edu.edu
  web: www.pitt.edu/~qiw4
  
• TA (for homework, and project help; and for grading questions or corrections):
• Chen, Qian

office: 611 Benedum Hall, hours: Tuesday Wednesday,: 2:00pm -4:00pm
phone: TBA
e-mail: qic7@pitt.edu

Week	Lecture Topic	Reading Assignment and video Demo	Homework Assignment
1 (1/4-1/7)	course introduction electric circuit fundamentals	· Ch. 1; · App A.1; · 2.1 - 2.4 · Transducer Introduction (Lecture 1) · Ch1. summary
	Internet links 1.1 - definitions of "mechatronics" 1.2 - online mechatronics resources 1.3 - Segway Human Transporter 1.4 - threaded design example components 1.5 - Digikey electronics supplier 1.6 - Jameco electronics supplier	Video Demo 1.1 - Adept One robot demonstration (8.0 MB) 1.2 - Adept One robot internal design and construction (4.6 MB) 1.3 - Honda Asimo Raleigh, NC demonstration (8.2 MB) 1.4 - Sony "Qrio" Japanese dance demo (6.7 MB) 1.5 - inkjet printer components with DC motors and piezoelectric inkjet head (6.8 MB) 1.6 - DC motor power-op-amp speed controller (7.4 MB) 1.7 - stepper motor position and speed controller (4.9 MB) 1.8 - DC motor position and speed controller (6.8 MB)
2 (1/9 - 1/13)	electric circuit fundamentals (continued) input and output impedance AC circuits introduction Internet links 2.1 - resistor color codes 2.2 - electronic component online resources and vendors 2.3 - instrumentation online resources and vendors	· 2.5 - 2.10 · Chapter 2-1 Handouts · Chapter2-2 · Chapter2-3 · Ch.2 Circuit summary Video Demo · 2.1 - resistors (1.4 MB) 2.2 - electronics components of various types and sizes (5.9 MB) 2.3 - capacitors (1.5 MB) 2.4 - breadboard construction (2.4 MB) 2.5 - instrumentation for powering and making measurements in circuits (3.5 MB) 2.6 - light bulb series and parallel circuit comparison (0.7 MB) 2.7 - connectors (BNC, banana plugs, alligator clips) (3.2 MB) 2.8 - oscilloscope demonstrations using the Tektronix 2215 analog scope (16.2 MB) 2.9 - power transformer with laminated core (1.7 MB) 2.10 - human circuit toy ball (1.9 MB)	Homework1  Chapter 2: 2.2[10 pts]. 2.3 [10 pts], 2.13 [10 pts], 2.15 [10 pts], 2.20 [10 pts], 2.28 [10 pts], 2.29 [20 pts], 2.36 [20 pts] [100 points total] (due Fri, 1/13) Homework1 solution
3-4 (1/18 – 1/27)	17 Monday Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday observance(University closed)	Ch.3 Chapter3-1 handouts Chapter 3-2-BJT-handsouts Chapter3-2-JFET-handouts Chapter 3-2-MOSFET-handouts Chapter3 summary	Chapter 3: 3.1 [10 pts], 3.5 [25 pts], 3.6 [10 pts], 3.11 [5 pts] (due Fri, 1/27) Homework2 solution Additional Homework2-1 (due Fri, 2/3)
	· diodes transistors digital electronics number codes combinational logic
	Internet links · semiconductor (IC) manufacturers and online resources · Electronics tutorial · nMOSFET (enhancement) Characteristic Curves	Video demo 3.1 - diodes (1.0 MB) 3.2 - turning a motor on and off with a transistor (2.4 MB) 3.3 - transistors (1.0 MB)
5 (1/31 - 2/4)	system response (0th, 1st, 2nd order systems) 2nd order system response modeling analogies	Ch. 4 Ch. 4 Chapter4-1 handouts Chapter4-2 handouts Chapter4-3 handouts Chapter4-4 handouts Chapter4 summary	Chapter 3: 3.13[10pts], 3.14 [10pts], 3.15[15pts],3.16[15pts],3.18 [15pts],3.17[15pts],3.20[20pts] (Due Fri, 2/3) Chapter 4: 4.4 [10 pts], 4.6 [30 pts], 4.8 [10 pts], 4.10 [20 pts], 4.21 [15 pts], 4.29 [15 pts] (due Fri, 2/10) Homework3-4 solution
	Internet Links video demonstrations and online resources for sound and vibration principles	Video demo 4.1 - sine-wave, saw-tooth-wave, and square-wave signal spectra (1.0 MB) 4.2 - spectra of whistling and humming, and amplifier saturation (2.3 MB) 4.3 - bugle tone amplitude, frequency, and spectra (1.3 MB) 4.4 - guitar harmonics and chords (4.2 MB) 4.5 - piano harmonics and tone spectra (2.9 MB) 4.6 - piano keyboard harmonics and chords (1.4 MB) 4.7 - filter (RC circuit) frequency response (2.3 MB) 4.8 - RC circuit charging and discharging (1.1 MB) 4.9 - spring-mass second order system frequency response (1.7 MB) 4.10 - pendulum second order system frequency response (1.5 MB) 4.11 - torsional system frequency response and control (5.8 MB) 4.12 - Tacoma Narrows bridge failure (1940, Puget Sound, Washington)
6-7 (2/6 - 2/18)	operational amplifier circuit analysis applications characteristics of real op amps	Ch.5 Chapter5-1handouts Chapter5-2handouts Chapter5-3handouts Chapter5-4handouts Chapter5 Summary	Chapter5: 5.2 [10 pts], 5.4 [10 pts], 5.6[10 pts], 5.8 [10 pts], 5.10 [10 pts], 5.12[10 pts], 5.13 [10 pts], 5.16 [10 pts], 5.18 [20 pts] [100 points total] Chapter5 Solution (due Fri, 2/23) Design Problem1 Design Problem2 Design Problem3
	Internet Links 5.1 - mA741 op amp data sheet 5.2 - TL071 FET input op amp data sheet	Video demo 5.1 - integrated circuits (1.7 MB) 5.2 - integrated circuit manufacturing process stages (5.2 MB) 5.3 - op amp integrator circuit at different frequencies (2.2 MB)
8-9 (2/20 - 3/4)	Transduction based on energy storage in electrical field Air –gap capacitive devices	Capacitive Sensors and actuators Lecture 6-1 Lecture-6-2 Lecture 6-3	Homework 6 (due Monday, 3/12)
	Internet Links Touch Screen Capacitive sensing Capacitive vs resistive touchscreens Proximity Capacitive Sensor Technology for Touch Sensing Applications	Video demo Introduction to mTouch Capacitive Touch Sensing Part 1 of 3 Introduction to mTouch Capacitive Touch Sensing Part 2 of 3 Introduction to mTouch Capacitive Touch Sensing Part 3 of 3 Differences Between Capacitive Sensors and Strain Gauges Capacitive Pressure Sensor
10 (3/4 - 3/11)		Spring Recess for students (no classes);
11 (3/12 – 3/18)	Transduction based on energy storage in electrical field Electrostriction	Lecture 6-4 Lecture 6-5 Lecture 7-1	Design Problem 4 (due Friday, 3/23)
12-13 (3/19 – 3/30)	Piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity	Lecture 8-1 Lecture 8-2 Lecture8-3 Lecture8-4 Lecture8-5 Lecture8-6 Lecture8-7	Homework 7 Homework 8 (Due Friday, 3/30)
		Video Demo · Piezoelectric device · Piezoelectric effect · How Bosch Piezoelectric Diesel Injector Works · Micromachined piezoelectric acoustic device · Piezoelectric Sensors
14-15 (4/2-4/13)	position measurement switches potentiometer LVDT digital encoder stress/strain introduction strain gages Wheatstone bridge strain gage rosette Internet Links 9.1 - sensor online resources and vendors 9.2 - animation of LVDT function 9.3 - HTCL-2016 quadrature decoder/counter 9.4 - strain gage rosette experiment analysis 9.5 - sample bearing signature analysis result for a good bearing 9.6 - sample bearing signature analysis result for a bad bearing piezoelectric accelerometers temperature measurement - introduction thermocouple relations	9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7 App C Chapter9-1handouts LVDT Primer Chapter9-2handputs Chapter9-3handouts Chapter9-4handouts Chapter9-5handouts Chapter9-6handouts Chapter9 summary Video demo 9.1 - magnetic pickup tachometer used in a PID speed controller test-stand (4.0 MB) 9.2 - automated laboratory rat exercise machine with IR sensor and stepper motor (8.0 MB) 9.3 - switches (1.6 MB) 9.4 - voice coil (1.1 MB) 9.5 - magnetostrictive position sensor (0.8 MB) 9.6 - encoder components (1.8 MB) 9.7 - computer mouse relative encoder (1.0 MB) 9.8 - Adept robot digital encoder components (4.3 MB) 9.9 - strain gage rosette experiment (2.4 MB) 9.10 - strain gage rosette experiment analysis discussion (10.3 MB) 9.11 - thermocouple with a digital thermometer (4.5 MB) 9.12 - bouncing ball accelerometer (0.7 MB) 9.13 - accelerometer bearing signature analysis experiment (3.3 MB)	(due Friday, 4/13) Chapter9: 9.5 [10 pts], 9.9 [20 pts], 9.10[10 pts], 9.12[10pts] 9.16 [15 pts], 9:19 [10pts], 9.20[10 pts], 9.21 [15 pts] [100 points total]
16 (4/16 - 4/20)	motor fundamentals stepper motor control Solid state actuators Internet Links 10.1 - actuator online resources and vendors 10.2 - S17-3A-LV H-bridge 10.3 - how to identify the different wires of a stepper motor 10.4 - stepper motor online resource 10.5 - motor and motion controller online resources and vendors 10.6 - HydraulicValves.org (valve, pump, motor, cylinder manufactures and information)	Chapter10-1handouts Chapter10-2handputs DCMotors dynamic model Chapter10-3handouts Video demo 10.1 - relay and transistor switching circuit comparison (2.3 MB) 10.2 - computer hard-drive with voice coil (1.8 MB) 10.3 - computer hard-drive track seeking demonstration (3.8 MB) 10.4 - computer hard-drive super-slow-motion video of track finding (0.3 MB) 10.5 - AC induction motor (single phase) (2.3 MB) 10.6 - AC induction motor with a soft start for a water pump (1.2 MB) 10.7 - AC induction motor variable frequency drive for a building air handler unit (6.8 MB) 10.8 - DC motor components (2.7 MB) 10.9 - brushless DC motor from a computer fan (1.7 MB) 10.10 - brushless DC motor gear pump (2.5 MB) 10.11 - DC and stepper motor examples (2.2 MB) 10.12 - RC servomotor with pulse-width-modulation input (1.6 MB) 10.13 - stepper motor step response and acceleration through resonance (2.3 MB) 10.14 - high-speed video of medium speed response (0.2 MB) 10.15 - servo motor system (1.7 MB) 10.16 - gear pumps (1.3 MB) 10.17 - hydraulic gear pumps (1.3 MB) 10.18 - pilot valve hydraulic amplifier cut-away (2.5 MB) 10.19 - pneumatic cylinders of various types and sizes (3.5 MB) 10.20 - pneumatic biomechanics exercise apparatus overview (3.8 MB)	Chapter10: 10.3 [10 pts], 10.5 [20 pts], 10.7 [10 pts], 10.8 [20pts] 10.10 [20 pts], 10.11 [10 pts], 10.13 [pts] [100 points total]
17 4/26-4/30	Final week	Literature Review Project