Engr 134 - Mechatronics II

Engineering Dept, Santa Ana College
Spring 2026

COURSE INFO

• Course syllabus
  
  
• GUIDE - for Equipment, Procedures, etc
  
  
• Canvas Upoad Rules
  
  
• Arduino kit (Elegoo)
  
  
  
• Exam 1 (wk 2) - safety
  
• Exam 2 (wk 7) - labs (1-blink no delay, 2-meas tools, 3 high-power loads), - ct guide (17-meas tools, 6.9-transistors)
  
• Exam 3 (wk 10) - labs (4-dc motor, 5-encoder), ct guide (16.1-16.2 motors, 16.4 - motor ctll'rs, 16.9-pneumatics)
  
  
• Exam 4 (wk 13) - plc system (Amatrol PLC handout by CT, Chaps 1-5; + 3 vids),
  
• Exam 5 (wk 16) - fanuc robot (Fanuc robot handout by CT; Chaps 1-6, Chap 8.4-8.6), PID (ct guide: ch 18)
  
  
• Exam conditions
  
  
• Final Project (Fanuc pick-and-place) (must be completed at START of wk 16... work may be done in 1st hr but with deductions)
  
  
• (PDF) - Lab Safety
  
• (PDF) - CT Guide
  
• (PDF) - Arduino Guide
  
• (PDF) - C-Programming Guide
  
  
  
• (PDF) - Other possible 134 labs
  
  PRIOR PROJECTS
• Balancer
• Drones
• Solar tracker, 2-axis
• Rover
• Laser-engraver

ANNOUNCEMENTS, HANDOUTS

• Exam 2 (wk 7)!
  
  
• GUIDES PAGE


AMATROL PLC SYSTEM
• (pdf) - Amatrol PLC Guide CT
  
• (0:02 yct) Amatrol PLC intro
  
• (0:11 yct) Amatrol PLC - components
  
• (0:05 yct) Amatrol PLC - start-up
  
  
• (v 0:03) Amatrol Pegasus - start up, home, jog
  
• (v 0:04) Amatrol Pegasus - run with PLC
  
  
  FANUC ROBOT
• (pdf) - Fanuc Guide CT
  
• (0:01 yct) - Fanuc startup
• (0:02 yct) - Fanuc T1 vs auto mode
• (0:03 yct) - Fanuc I/O (laser, light, gripper)
• (0:07 yct) - Fanuc jogging
  
• (0:04 yct) - Fanuc program basics (create, open, edit)
• (0:16 yct) - Fanuc programs (eg-teach pts, rectangle)
• (0:03 yct) - Fanuc programs (add I/O, laser on/off, gripper open/close)
• (0:19 yct) - Fanuc programs (pick-&-place)
  
  
• (pdf) - Fanuc Student Manual
  
• (pdf) - Fanuc Handling Tool & Operations Manual
  

LABS

- late lab credit: 1 wk (-20), 2 wks (-40), > 2 wks (0 - not accepted)
- no labs accepted after wk 15


• Lab 1 (due wk 4) (H) - Arduino blink no delay
  
• Lab 2 (due wk 5) Measuring Tools
  
• Lab 3 (due wk 6) High-Power Loads
  
• Lab 4 (due wk 9) - DC Motor
  
• Lab 5 (due wk 11) - Motor & Encoders
  
• Lab 6 (due wk 12) - Amatrol PLC (start, run)
  
• Lab 7 (due wk 14) - Fanuc robot 1 (jog, laser, gripper) (last wk accepted wk 15)
  
• Lab 8 (due wk 14) - Fanuc robot 2 (write rectangle prog in loop, save, open prog) (last wk accepted wk 15)
  
• Lab 9 (due wk 11) - PID tuning of DC motor (CHANGE)
  (* due dates are tentative, subject to change)

HOMEWORK

• hw 1 (due wk 3) - Syllabus Qs
  
• hw 2 (due wk 3) - Get Arduino kit and DMM
  
• hw 3 (due wk 11) - Proximity warning system
  
• hw 4 (due wk 14) - Write Fanuc circle prog (not accepted after wk 15)
  

Links 1

• High-power loads
• Calculate base-current R

Links 2

• Servo valve operation
• Servo valve operation 2
• Piloted solenoid valve operation

Links 3

• (vid) - xx

Links 1

• (yvid) PID DC Motor (THIS ONE)
  
• (yvid) PID
• (yvid) PID Tuning
• (yvid) Integral windup

Fanuc Robot

• (yvid) Speed adjustments
• (yvid) Dan Steifer (Fanuc)
• (yvid) Timothy Mehring (Fanuc)

Links 3

• (yvid) Arduino & Stepper Motors
• (yvid) Arduino & DC Motors w/ controller