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ME 133: Introduction to Mechatronics
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Winter 2022

Instructor: Jonathan Realmuto
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
jrealmut@ucr.edu
Teaching Assistant: Kyungjoon Lee
klee449@ucr.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-3pm Bourns A325
during lab
or by appointment
Lecture: T/Th 12:30-1:50pm
Skye Hall, Room 171
Labs: Th 2-4:50pm
Bourns Hall, A108
Book: Introduction of Mechatronics and Measurement Systems
David G. Alciatore, Michael B. Histand
Links: Syllabus
Circuit Lab
Lab Group Assignment
Lab Project



Tentative Schedule
Week Date Topic Reading Lecture Notes Homework Lab
1
  • 1/4
  • 1/6
  • Course overview
  • Basic electronics
  • Ch.1
  • Ch.2
2
  • 1/11
  • 1/13
  • Basic electronics cont.
  • Semiconductors
  • Ch.2
  • Ch.3
3
  • 1/18
  • 1/20
  • Semiconductors
  • Ch.3
4
  • 1/25
  • 1/27
  • Semiconductors
  • System Response
  • Ch.3
  • Ch.4
5
  • 2/1
  • 2/3
  • System Response
  • Mid Term Review
  • Ch.4
  •  
6
  • 2/8
  • 2/10
  • *Midterm 1*
  • Digital Circuits
  •  
  • Ch.6
7
  • 2/15
  • 2/17
  • Digital Circuits
  • Actuators/Electric Motors
  • Ch.6
  • Ch.10
8
  • 2/22
  • 2/24
  • Analog Signal Processing
  • Ch.5
9
  • 3/1
  • 3/3
  • Sensors/Actuators
  • Midterm Review
  • Ch.9/10/8
  •  
10
  • 3/8
  • 3/10
  • *Midterm 2*
  • Review