Mechatronics Engineering
4 courses available.
Control systems, circuits, electronics, thermodynamics, and power machines. All courses are aligned with the latest P.Eng. exam requirements across Canadian provincial bodies.
Mechatronics systems depend on precise control of interacting mechanical, electrical, and fluid subsystems. This course builds the mathematical foundation for modeling and analyzing these systems, covering open-loop and feedback control, block diagram representation, and transfer function methods. Classical design tools including Bode diagrams, root locus, and stability criteria are applied alongside PID control theory to develop practical skills for real mechatronics and automation problems.
Main topics covered
- Open-loop and feedback control principles
- Mathematical models of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical components
- Block diagrams, transfer functions, and servomechanism response
- Frequency response and Bode diagram analysis
- Stability analysis and stability criteria
- System response improvement via compensating elements
- PID control and linear controller design theory
Mechatronics engineers must be fluent in both circuit analysis and electronics. This course covers circuit fundamentals from lumped-parameter models and network analysis through transient response and two-port models, then extends into electronics: semiconductor devices, transistor amplifier design, operational amplifiers, and digital logic families. The combined scope prepares you for the full range of circuits and electronics problems encountered in mechatronics practice and on the P.Eng. exam.
Main topics covered
- Nodal and mesh analysis, equivalent networks, and steady-state analysis
- Frequency response, impulse response, and transfer functions
- Laplace transform analysis and transient response
- Two-port circuit models
- Semiconductor devices: diodes, thyristors, BJTs, and FETs
- Bias circuits, amplifiers, small-signal models, and frequency response
- Operational amplifiers and comparators
- Digital integrated circuits and logic families: TTL, TTL-LS, and CMOS
Understanding how electrical power is generated, transformed, and converted to mechanical motion is fundamental to mechatronics system design. This course covers the theory of magnetic circuits, transformer operation, and three-phase power systems, then moves through AC and DC machine fundamentals to synchronous machines and induction motors. You will develop the analytical tools needed to evaluate power conversion systems and rotating machines in mechatronics applications.
Main topics covered
- Magnetic circuits and transformer theory
- Wye and delta three-phase system analysis
- Generation, transmission, and distribution of electric power
- Three-phase transformer configurations
- AC and DC machine fundamentals
- Three-phase synchronous machine operation
- Three-phase induction motor analysis
Thermal management is a critical challenge in mechatronics system design, from power electronics cooling to actuator performance. This course covers the fundamental laws of thermodynamics applied to key engineering cycles including Rankine, Otto, Diesel, Brayton, and vapour compression refrigeration, followed by heat transfer analysis covering conduction, convection, and radiation. Practical heat exchanger design brings both disciplines together in the context of real engineering applications.
Main topics covered
- Fundamental laws of thermodynamics and psychrometrics
- Ideal gas compressor cycle analysis
- Rankine, Otto, Diesel, and Brayton cycle performance
- Vapour compression refrigeration cycle
- Steady and transient conduction heat transfer
- Natural and forced convection analysis
- Radiation heat transfer principles
- Thermal analysis of heat exchangers