Electronics : Analog, Digital and Micro-controllers

COURSE DESCRIPTION

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This course introduces students to fundamentals of Digital and analog electronics and Controls using a general-purpose micro controller advancing all the way to use of a general-purpose microcomputer for development and deployment of complex monitoring and control. The course is hands on.
Topics covered:
Basics of an electronic circuit

• Understanding current, voltage power, series and parallel circuits
• Resistors, Variable resistors, Motors

Digital and analog electronics and programming for sensing and control of various components including sensors and electrical drives

• Ultrasonic Sensor, temperature sensor, IR-proximity sensor, motion sensor etc.
• Stepper Motor
• Servo Motors
• Matrix and seven segment Display
• Pulse width modulation for power control of motors, displays

Implement various monitoring and control schemes using Arduio UNO

• Monitoring temperature and control an artificial eco-system
• Biosensing and diagnosis
• Encoder based displacement measurement and control a Robotic arm