MAE 144Embedded Control and Robotics
Each student builds, models, programs, and controls an unstable robotic system built around a small Linux computer. Review/synthesis of: A) modern physical and electrical CAD. B) dynamics, signals and systems, linear circuits; PWMs, H-bridges, quadrature encoders. C) embedded Linux, C, graphical programming; multithreaded applications; bus communication to supporting ICs. D) classical control theory in both continuous-time (CT) and discrete-time (DT); interconnection of CT and DT elements. Program or materials fees may apply.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “upper-division standing or graduate student, and MAE 143B or BENG 122A or ECE 171A, or consent of instructor.”
Where it sits in degree plans
One of the options in (2)
- AeroEng w/Spec FlightDyn&Contl
- Mechanical Engineering with a Specialization in Controls and Robotics (B.S.)