Mechatronics

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1. PROCESS CONTROL

1. DISCRETE CONTROLLER DESIGN

1. DISCRETE SYSTEMS

1. PETRI NETS

1. CONTINUOUS CONTROL SYSTEMS

1. FUZZY LOGIC

1. MECHATRONICS CIRCUITS

1. HARDWARE BASED CONTROLLERS

1. EMBEDDED CONTROLLERS

1. DISCRETE SENSORS

1. CONTINUOUS SENSORS

1. ACTUATORS

1. DISCRETE ACTUATORS

1. CONTINUOUS ACTUATORS

1. PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS

1. PLC CONNECTION

1. PLC OPERATION

1. SWITCHING LOGIC

1. NUMBERING

1. EVENT BASED LOGIC

1. SEQUENTIAL LOGIC DESIGN

1. ADVANCED LADDER LOGIC FUNCTIONS

1. PLC PROGRAMMING

1. STRUCTURED TEXT PROGRAMMING

1. INSTRUCTION LIST PROGRAMMING

1. FUNCTION BLOCK PROGRAMMING

1. ANALOG INPUTS AND OUTPUTS

1. CONTINUOUS CONTROL

1. PLC DATA COMMUNICATION

1. HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACES (HMI)

1. DESIGNING LARGE SYSTEMS

1. IMPLEMENTATION

1. PROCESS MODELLING

1. SELECTING A PLC

1. PLC REFERENCES

1. USING THE OMRON DEMO PACKAGE

1. INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS

1. ROBOTIC PATH PLANNING METHODS

1. ROBOTIC MECHANISMS

1. MOTION PLANNING AND TRAJECTORY CONTROL

1. CNC MACHINES

1.

1. CNC PROGRAMMING