COURSE OUTLINE

FACULTY OF
MECAHNICAL ENGINEERING
MECHATRONICS
(SKMM3252)

PRE-REQUISITE
EQUIVALENCE
LECTURE HOURS
Lecturers

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SKEU2012, SKMM1013 (MINIMUM D-)

1 Hour Lecture, 3 Hours Laboratory
E-Mail

Room No.

Phone No.

1.

Prof. Dr. Hishamuddin

Jamaludin

hishamj@fkm.utm.my

C25-313

34756

2.

Prof. Dr. Musa Mailah

musa@fkm.utm.my

C25-316

34735

3.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Shafiek

Yaacob

shafiek@fkm.utm.my

C24-323

34561

4.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Intan Zaurah

Mat Darus

intan@fkm.utm.my

C23-226

34693

5.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohamed

Hussein

mohamed@fkm.utm.my

C23-318

34669

6.

Dr. Mohd Zarhamdy Md Zain

zarhamdy@fkm.utm.my

C23-320

34690

7.

En. Abdul Halim Muhaimin

halim@fkm.utm.my

C23-418

34681

8.

Dr. Tang Howe Hing

tanghh@fkm.utm.my

C23-220

34658

9.

Dr. Maziah Mohamad

maziah@fkm.utm.my

C23-419

34666

SYNOPSIS
The course provides students with an introduction to mechatronics and its application in the real
world. It will examine a number of key topics of mechanical engineering, electrical/electronics
and computer control disciplines with an emphasis on the integrated approach. At end of the
course, students should be able to define and describe clearly the term mechatronics and its
philosophy, relate the importance and contribution of mechatronic systems in industry, identify
and describe clearly a mechatronic system and its main components, analyze and synthesize a
basic mechatronic system and design simple mechatronic system.

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PREPARED BY :

CERTIFIED BY :

Name

: Dr.Maziah Mohamad

Name

Signature

Signature

Date

: 7th Disember 2014

Date

Head of Department

10th Disember 2014

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the course, students should be able to :

No.

Course Learning Outcomes

Programme
Learning
Outcome(s)
Addressed

Assessment
Methods

1.

Define and describe a mechatronic system.

PO1

T, ASG

2.

Discuss the importance and contribution of

mechatronic systems in industry.

PO1

T, PR

3.

Explain the working principle of a mechatronic

system considering
- Sensors and actuators
- PLC
- Microprocessor and microcontroller
- Data acquisition/interfacing

PO1, PO2

T, PR, L

4.

Analyze and synthesize a basic mechatronic

system.

PO1,PO2

PR

5.

Design a mechatronic system

PO1,PO2,PO3
PO5,PO9,PO10,PO11

PR

Note :
(ASG Assignment; L Lab ; T Test ; PR Project ; Q Quiz; HW Homework ; Pr Presentation; F Final Exam)

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STUDENT LEARNING TIME

No.

Teaching and Learning Activities

1.

Lecture

4.

Project
-

2.

Student Learning Time

(hours)
14

information search
library search
group discussion
report writing
Practical/ Lab work
Presentation

Independent Study
self learning
information search
library search
reading

3.

Assignment
self learning
group discussion

5.

Tests and preparation for the test ( 1 hour x 2 tests)

28

18

14

Total

6
80

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WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Week

Lecture

Topic / Content

1(L)

Introduction to Mechatronics
a) Course requirements.
b) Historical perspective, philosophy and concept, definitions,
glossary, practical examples, world-wide implementation,
mechatronics design concept.

1
1(S)
2(S)
3(S)
2(L)
2
4(S)
5(S)
6(S)
3(L)
3
7(S)
8(S)
9(S)
4(L)
4

10(S)
11(S)
12(S)
5(L)

13(S)
14(S)
15(S)
6(L)

6
16(S)
17(S)
18(S)
7(L)
7

19(S)
20(S)
21(S)

8
8(L)
9

Introduction to Mechatronic controller (Demo)

Sensors, Actuators and Drives

a) Commonly used sensors.
Signal Conditioning Demo

Sensors, Actuators and Drives

a) Hydraulic and Pneumatic
Hydraulic/Pneumatic Module

Sensors, Actuators and Drives

a) Mechanical Actuation Systems
Project Briefing

Sensors, Actuators and Drives

a) Electrical Actuation Systems (Relays and motors)
DC Motor control Demo ( H-Bridge)
Data Acquisition and Interfacing
a) I/O card and Data acquisition card function, selection and
application.
Tutorial
Microprocessors and Microcontrollers
a) Microprocessors family, architecture. Microcomputer
architecture and components.
Microcontroller demo analog input/output
MID SEMESTER BREAK
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
a) PLC architecture
b) Basic PLC programming, ladder diagram interpretation,
elementary logic circuit (AND, OR, NOR, NAND, XOR),

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latches, timers, counter.

19(S)
20(S)
21(S)
9(L)
10

22(S)
23(S)
24(S)
10(L)

11

25(S)
26(S)
27(S)
11(L)

12

28(S)
29(S)
30(S)
12(L)

13

31(S)
32(S)
33(S)

PLC DEMO

Design a mechatronic system

Design a mechatronic system

Design a mechatronic system

Design a mechatronic system

13(L)
14

34(S)
35(S)
36(S)
14(L)

15

37(S)
38(S)
39(S)

16-18

TEXTBOOK

Design a mechatronic system

Project Presentation

REVISION WEEK AND FINAL EXAMINATION

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1. W. Bolton, Mechatronics, 5th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2013.

REFERENCES

1. A. Smaili and F. Mrad, Applied Mechatronics, Oxford University Press, 2007.

2. Devdas Shetty, Richard A. Kolk, Mechatronics System Design, Cengage Learning, 2010.
3. David Alciatore, Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems, 4th Edition, McGrawHill, 2011.

GRADING
No.

Assessment

Number

% each

% total

1.

Test 1

25

25

2.

Test 2

25

25

3.

Assignment/Lab

10

10

4.

Project

40

40

Overall Total

Week

100

ATTENDANCE
Students should adhere to the rules of attendance as stated in the University Academic Regulation :-

1.

Students must attend not less than 80% of lecture hours as required for the course.

2.

Students will be prohibited from attending any lecture and assessment activities upon failure to
comply the above requirement. Zero mark will be given to the course.