ME4543: Mechatronics, Finals-Part 1, December 8, 2015.

Time: 6 - 7 PM
Useful information: (1) There are 15 questions in all. However, the finals will have 20 questions
in all. (2) Each question is worth 2 points. So in the finals, the total will be 40 points. (3) Darken
the appropriate bubble in bubble sheet given to you. Completely darken the bubble that you think
matches the correct answer. Hand back the questions and the bubble sheet back. (5) There is
only 1 correct answer. There is no negative points. Please read (6) and (7) carefully as we
will enforce them during the exam. (6) No electronic device (phone, smart watch, camera,
electronic glasses, computer, unapproved calculator) on student body (in pockets, boots, clothing,
etc) or within reach (under seat, on adjacent seat) during exam. Only approved calculators allowed
and are listed on the course syllabus. It is considered cheating to have a phone, computer, or other
electronic device accessible during an exam and will lead to a zero for the entire test. (7) You will
not be allowed to leave the classroom during the entire duration of the test. There is no exception
to this rule. Bathroom break may be provided if students provides a medical note.
1. A 1M resistor and a 0.1 F are connected to form a low pass filter. The cutoff frequency in
rad (not Hz) is
(A) 0.1
(B) 1
(C) 10
(D) 100
2. Which of the following is FALSE for a npn transistor
(A) IE = IC + IB
(B) IC = IB
(C) The emitter is more heavily doped than the collector.
(D) The base is denoted by p.
3. The equation describing a motor is 2T + 0.05 = 2 where T is the torque in N m and is the
speed in rad/s. The starting torque for the motor in N m is
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 4
4. The simplest H-bridge used to control the magnitude and direction of a brushed DC motor
uses how many switches?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
5. For a strain gauge operating in the linear strain region, if the strain is doubled then the change
in resistance will (A) get halved (B) not change (C) get doubled (D) get quadrupled
6. Which of the following is a proximity sensor based on physical contact
(A) hall-effect sensor. (B) eddy current sensor. (C) infra red sensor.

(D) limit switch.

7. A signals values have a range of 10V and you wish to make measurements with an analog
quantization size no more than 10 mV. What minimum resolution A/D converted is required
to perform this task?
(A) 8 bit
(B) 10 bit
(C) 12 bit
(D) 16 bit
8. For the given input signal compute the Nyquist Frequency. y = sin(t) sin(2t) sin(4t).
NOTE: If f is the frequency of a sinusoid then the signal is given by sin(2f t)
(A) 1 Hz
(B) 2 Hz
(C) 4 Hz
(D) 8 Hz
If the external magnetic field on
9. The unit vectors along x-, y-, and z-direction are; , , and k.
~
~
a wire carrying current I = is given by B = . Then the force, F~ , experienced by the wire is
(A) F~ = 0
(B) F~ =
(C) F~ = k
(D) F~ = k
1

10. Which of the following brushed motors need to be carrying a load to prevent run-away, i.e.
speed reaching high values at low loads.
(A) Permanent Magnet DC motor
(B) Shunt DC motor
(C) Series DC motor
(D) Compound DC motor
11. A permanent DC magnet motor has no load speed of 100 rad/s and stall torque of 5 Nm. The
maximum power that can be obtained from this motor is
(A) 125 W
(B) 250 W
(C) 500 W
(D) 1000 W
12. Which of the following motor provides position control without the use of a position sensor
(A) brushed DC motor (B) brushless DC motor (C) stepper motor (D) servo motor
13. A strain gauge has a resistance of 120 . When loaded, the resistance changes by 0.012 .
Assuming a gauge factor of 2, find the strain.
(A) 0.5 104
(B) 1 104
(C) 2 104
(D) 4 104
14. A and B are binary number. A (A + B) =
(A) A
(B) B

(C) A+B

(D) A B

15. For a positive edge trigged T flip-flop let Q0 be the current output. When the clock goes
through a positive edge, the output Q will turn
0
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) Q0
(D) Q

ME4543: Mechatronics, Finals-Part 2, Dec 9, 2015. Time: 7 - 8:30 PM

Useful information: (1) Answer all five questions. (2) Box your final answers. (3) Show intermediate steps to get partial credit. (4) The points for the questions are indicated near the questions.
(5) Maximum points is 60. Please read (6) and (7) carefully as we will enforce them during
the exam. (6) No electronic device (phone, smart watch, camera, electronic glasses, computer,
unapproved calculator) on student body (in pockets, boots, clothing, etc) or within reach (under
seat, on adjacent seat) during exam. Only approved calculators allowed and are listed on the course
syllabus. It is considered cheating to have a phone, computer, or other electronic device accessible
during an exam and will lead to a zero for the entire test. (7) You will not be allowed to leave
the classroom during the entire duration of the test. There is no exception to this rule. Bathroom
break may be provided if students provides a medical note.
1. For binary variables A and B, show that the following expression is true.
=A
(A + B) (A + B)
2. Complete the timing diagram for the following circuit.

3. A J type thermocouple is used in standard 2 junction thermocouple configuration with a 250 C

reference configuration. What measured temperature will correspond to a measured voltage
of 20 mV? Use a truncated expression for the relation between temperature, T in degrees
Celsius, and voltage VT /0 , in volts as shown below
T = 0.04886 + 19873.1VT /0 218615VT2/0
4. The torque-speed curve for a motor can be approximated by two straight lines as shown
below. The motor is attached to the pulley of radius r = 0.2 m and is used to move a mass
of 4 kg upwards against gravity g = 10 m/s2 .
(a) Find the steady state speed of the mass.
(b) Find the mechanical power of the motor when the mass is moving at steady speed.
(c) How will the speed of the motor change if the mass is doubled.

5. A digital ultrasonic sensor has to be hooked to an Arduino. Wire the Arduino to the sensor.
Just connect the pin outs of the sensor to appropriate pins. You do not have to re-draw the
circuit. (5 points)