The courses in this specialization can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5340-5343, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree. Enroll here.
Embedding Sensors and Motors will introduce you to the design of sensors and motors, and to methods that integrate them into embedded systems used in consumer and industrial products. You will gain hands-on experience with the technologies by building systems that take sensor or motor inputs, and then filter and evaluate the resulting data. You will learn about hardware components and firmware algorithms needed to configure and run sensors and motors in embedded solutions.
Overview
Syllabus
Course 1: Sensors and Sensor Circuit Design
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Course 2: Motors and Motor Control Circuits
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Course 3: Pressure, Force, Motion, and Humidity Sensors
- Offered by University of Colorado Boulder. "Pressure, Force, Motion, and Humidity Sensors" can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: Sensor Manufacturing and Process Control
- Offered by University of Colorado Boulder. "Sensor Manufacturing and Process Control" can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5343, ... Enroll for free.
- Offered by University of Colorado Boulder. This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5340, part of CU Boulder’s Master of ... Enroll for free.
Course 2: Motors and Motor Control Circuits
- Offered by University of Colorado Boulder. This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5341, part of CU Boulder’s Master of ... Enroll for free.
Course 3: Pressure, Force, Motion, and Humidity Sensors
- Offered by University of Colorado Boulder. "Pressure, Force, Motion, and Humidity Sensors" can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA ... Enroll for free.
Course 4: Sensor Manufacturing and Process Control
- Offered by University of Colorado Boulder. "Sensor Manufacturing and Process Control" can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5343, ... Enroll for free.
Courses
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This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5340, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
After taking this course, you will be able to:
● Understand how to specify the proper thermal, flow, or rotary sensor for taking real-time process data.
● Implement thermal sensors into an embedded system in both hardware and software.
● Add the sensor and sensor interface into a microprocessor based development kit.
● Create hardware and firmware to process sensor signals and feed data to a microprocessor for further evaluation.
● Study sensor signal noise and apply proper hardware techniques to reduce it to acceptable levels.
You will need to buy the following components to do the two course projects based on the videos in this module. Note that if you have already purchased the PSOC 5LP PROTOTYPING KIT, you do not need to buy it again.
These parts may be purchased off the Digikey web site, www. Digikey.com. Or, you may obtain the specs from the site, and purchase them elsewhere.
These are the part numbers typed out, so you can copy and paste them into the Digikey web site. You will need one of each part.
428-3390-ND
NHD-0216BZ-RN-YBW-ND
570-1229-ND
A105970CT-ND
Additional equipment needed:
• Wire - various gauges and lengths
• Breadboard
• Oscilloscope – suggested models are:
o PICOSCOPE 2204A-D2 available on www.digikey.com or
o Digilent 410-324 | OpenScope MZ available on www.newark.com
Depending on your budget, you can also investigate these models:
o Hantek HT6022BE20MHz - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009H4AYII
o SainSmart DSO212 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074QBQNB7
o PoScope Mega50 USB - https://www.robotshop.com/en/poscope-mega50-usb-mso-oscilloscope.html
o ADALM2000 - https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/analog-devices-inc./ADALM2000/7019661 -
This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5341, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
This is our second course in our specialization on Embedding Sensor and Motors. To get the most out of this course, you should first take our first course entitled Sensors and Sensor Circuits. Our first course gives you a tutorial on how to use the hardware and software development kit we have chosen for the lab exercises. This second course assumes that you already know how to use the kit.
After taking this course, you will be able to:
● Understand how to specify the proper AC or DC motor for a machine design.
● Integrate the motor to a machine, based on analysis of motor equations for voltage, current, torque and speed.
● Implement the motor and accompanying rotary sensor into a motor control circuit in both hardware and software.
● Add a motor and motor control circuit into a microprocessor based development kit.
● Create hardware and firmware to process motor feedback data to a microprocessor for further evaluation.
You will need to buy the following components to do the two course projects based on the videos in this module. Note that if you have already purchased the PSOC 5LP PROTOTYPING KIT, you do not need to buy it again.
These parts may be purchased off the Digikey web site, www. Digikey.com. Or, you may obtain the specs from the site, and purchase them elsewhere.
These are the part numbers for the above table, the lab on Motor Voltage and Current Measurement. You can copy and paste them into the search engine on the Digikey web site. You need one of each except for the AA batteries (N107-ND), which you would need 3.
428-3390-ND
P14355-ND
FQU13N10LTU-ND
N107-ND
1N5393-E3/54GICT-ND
RNF14FTD1K00CT-ND
P0.62W-1BK-ND
Additional equipment needed:
• Wire - various gauges and lengths
• Breadboard
• Oscilloscope – suggested models are:
o PICOSCOPE 2204A-D2 available on www.digikey.com or
o Digilent 410-324 | OpenScope MZ available on www.newark.com
Depending on your budget, you can also investigate these models:
o Hantek HT6022BE20MHz - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009H4AYII
o SainSmart DSO212 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074QBQNB7
o PoScope Mega50 USB - https://www.robotshop.com/en/poscope-mega50-usb-mso-oscilloscope.html
o ADALM2000 - https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/analog-devices-inc./ADALM2000/7019661 -
"Pressure, Force, Motion, and Humidity Sensors" can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5342, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
This is our third course in our specialization on Embedding Sensor and Motors. To get the most out of this course, you should first take our first course entitled Sensors and Sensor Circuits. Our first course gives you a tutorial on how to use the hardware and software development kit we have chosen for the lab exercises. This third course assumes that you already know how to use the kit.
After taking this course, you will be able to:
● Understand how to specify the proper AC or DC motor for a machine design.
● Integrate the motor to a machine, based on analysis of motor equations for voltage, current, torque and speed.
● Implement the motor and accompanying rotary sensor into a motor control circuit in both hardware and software.
● Add a motor and motor control circuit into a microprocessor based development kit.
● Create hardware and firmware to process motor feedback data to a microprocessor for further evaluation.
After taking this course, you will be able to:
● Understand how to specify the proper pressure, force, strain, position, motion, acceleration, occupancy, and humidity sensors for taking real-time process data.
● Implement these sensors into an embedded system in both hardware and software.
● Add the sensor and sensor interface into a microprocessor based development kit.
● Create hardware and firmware to process sensor signals and feed data to a microprocessor for further evaluation.
In this course you will build the circuit from Video 7 (Lab Exercise on strain gauges), Module 2 (Force and Strain Sensors and Touch Screens), and use it to make screen shots of the timing of the switch. If you haven't already wired up the system and written all the software per the instructions of Video 7, please do so now.
You will need to buy the following components to complete this assignment. Note that if you have already purchased the PSOC 5LP PROTOTYPING KIT, you do not need to buy it again.
These parts may be purchased off the Digikey web site, www. Digikey.com. One part needs to be purchased off the Sparkfun website www.sparkfun.com. Or, you may obtain the specs from the site, and purchase them elsewhere.
Digikey Part numbers are typed out here:
428-3390-ND
CF14JT22K0CT-ND
CF14JT100KCT-ND
Table shown here:
Index Quantity Part Number Description
1 1 428-3390-ND PSOC 5LP PROTOTYPING KIT
2 2 CF14JT22K0CT-ND RES 22K OHM 1/4W 5% AXIAL
3 1 CF14JT100KCT-ND RES 100K OHM 1/4W 5% AXIAL
Sparkfun part numbers are typed out here:
TAL221
Table shown here:
Index Quantity Part Number Description
1 1 TAL221 Mini-load cell - 100g, straight bar
Additional equipment needed:
• Wire - various gauges and lengths
• Breadboard
• Oscilloscope – suggested models are:
o PICOSCOPE 2204A-D2 available on www.digikey.com or
o Digilent 410-324 | OpenScope MZ available on www.newark.com
Depending on your budget, you can also investigate these models:
o Hantek HT6022BE20MHz - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009H4AYII
o SainSmart DSO212 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074QBQNB7
o PoScope Mega50 USB - https://www.robotshop.com/en/poscope-mega50-usb-mso-oscilloscope.html
o ADALM2000 - https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/analog-devices-inc./ADALM2000/7019661 -
"Sensor Manufacturing and Process Control" can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5343, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
This is our fourth course in our specialization on Embedding Sensor and Motors. To get the most out of this course, you should first take our first course entitled "Sensors and Sensor Circuits", our second course entitled "Motor and Motor Control Circuits", and our third course entitled "Pressure, Force, Motion, and Humidity Sensors". Our first course gives you a tutorial on how to use the hardware and software development kit we have chosen for the lab exercises. Our second and third courses give you three hands-on lab experiments using the kit. This third course assumes that you already know how to use the kit.
You will learn about sensor signal characterization and manufacturing techniques and how to optimize the accuracy of sensors. You will also learn about more advanced sensors, proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control, and how this method is used to give you a closed loop sensor feedback system.
After taking this course, you will be able to:
● Understand how sensor manufacturers characterize and calibrate their sensors.
● Tune a PID control loop and access the PID control function of the Cypress PSoC development kit for a motor control application.
● Understand manufacturing methods used to build electro-mechanical and micro-machined sensors.
You will need to buy the following components to do the two course projects based on the videos in this module. Note that if you have already purchased the PSOC 5LP PROTOTYPING KIT, you do not need to buy it again.
These parts may be purchased off the Digikey web site, www. Digikey.com. Or, you may obtain the specs from the site, and purchase them elsewhere. All are quantity one except for N107-ND where you need three, and 493-15371-ND where you need two.
428-3390-ND
P14355-ND
FQU13N10LTU-ND
N107-ND
1N5393-E3/54GICT-ND
RNF14FTD1K00CT-ND
P0.62W-1BK-ND
493-15371-ND
Additional equipment needed:
• Wire - various gauges and lengths
• Breadboard
• Oscilloscope – suggested models are:
o PICOSCOPE 2204A-D2 available on www.digikey.com or
o Digilent 410-324 | OpenScope MZ available on www.newark.com
Depending on your budget, you can also investigate these models:
o Hantek HT6022BE20MHz - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009H4AYII
o SainSmart DSO212 - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074QBQNB7
o PoScope Mega50 USB - https://www.robotshop.com/en/poscope-mega50-usb-mso-oscilloscope.html
o ADALM2000 - https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/analog-devices-inc./ADALM2000/7019661
Taught by
James Zweighaft and Jay Mendelson
