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Mechatronics and Technical Optics

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Mechatronics and Technical Optics
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Mechanical Engineering / Production Technology, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2021
Module code: DBMAB-340
SAP-Submodule-No.:
The exam administration creates a SAP-Submodule-No for every exam type in every module. The SAP-Submodule-No is equal for the same module in different study programs.
P720-0018, P720-0019
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
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ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
8
Academic Year: 3
Mandatory course: yes
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
2 graded exams:
Exam 1 (Applied Metrology und Control Eingineering, Duration 120 min., 100 pts.)
 o The exam will be written in the 5th semester (Block 5A) according to the exam schedule.
 o Distribution
   - 50 pts. (60 min) for “Angewandter Messtechnik” (Applied Metrology)
   - 50 pts. (60 min) for “Regelungstechnik” (Control Eingineering)
 
Partial exam (“Angewandte Mechatronik und Technische Optik” (Applied Mechatronics and Technical Optics): Duration 90 min., 100 pts.)
 o This exam will be written in the 6th semester (Block 6A) according to the examination schedule.
 o Distribution
   - 50 pts. (45 min.) for “Angewandter Mechatronik” (Applied Mechatronics)
   - 50 pts. (45 min.) for “Technische Optik” (Technical Optics)
 
Reasons for splitting the exam into two partial exams:
• The “Angewandte Messtechnik” and “Regelungstechnik”lectures  in block 5A (5th semester) are the prerequisites with regard to content for the "Angewandte Mechatronik" lecture in block 6A (6th semester).
• The workload for “Angewandte Mechatronik” is calculated on the assumption that the contents and methods taught in the lectures “Angewandte Messtechnik” and “Regelungstechnik” can be understood and applied, i.e. “Angewandte Mechatronik” requires the competencies acquired in the lectures “Angewandte Messtechnik” and “Regelungstechnik”.
- The division into two exams, one written in Block 5A (5th semester) and the other in Block 6A (6th semester), ensures that the workload is evenly distributed.
 
Prerequisites for receiving credits:
The achievement of at least 40 points out of 100 in each partial exam.
 
The module grade is calculated as follows:                 
62.5% of the points for the "Angewandte Messtechnik & Regelungstechnik” exam         
37.5% of the points for the “Angewandte Mechatronik & Technische Optik” exam
The grade will be shown as a decimal grade according to the htw saar grading scheme.


[updated 28.04.2023]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

DBMAB-340 (P720-0018, P720-0019) Mechanical Engineering / Production Technology, Bachelor, ASPO 01.10.2021 , study year 3, mandatory course
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
The total student study time for this course is 240 hours.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
DBMAB-130 Scientific Basics
DBMAB-230 Electrical Engineering


[updated 15.02.2023]
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Christoph Gaukler
Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan Christoph Gaukler

[updated 11.06.2021]
Learning outcomes:
Angewandte Messtechnik (Applied Metrology):
After successfully completing this part of the module, students will be familiar with basic metrological and sensory principles and will be able to use and evaluate sensors for measuring physical quantities such as displacement, angle, force, pressure, acceleration, angular velocity, flow and temperature.
 
Regelungstechnik (Control Eingineering):
After successfully completing this part of the module, students will be familiar with the basic components of a closed control loop and be able to explain and, if necessary, identify control engineering terms such as command variable, control difference or control variable. They will be able to analyze simple dynamic control systems in the time and frequency domain and understand test signals such as the step function, the impulse function or the Dirac delta distribution.
 
Angewandte Mechatronik (Applied Mechatronics):
After successfully completing this part of the module, students will be familiar with the expansion of mechanical systems by way of sensors, microcomputers and actuators for the realization of semi-intelligent products and systems. They will understand the function and construction of mechatronic systems and be able to assess and evaluate their areas of use in various applications such as automotive, aerospace technology or production technology. Building on the knowledge acquired in the sub-modules "Angewandte Messtechnik" and "Regelungstechnik", "Angewandte Mechatronik" will expand students´ knowledge of the use of microcomputers and, in particular, different types of actuators. With this knowledge, students will be able to develop mechatronic systems into cyber-physical systems in the “Industrie 4.0” module.
 
Technische Optik (Technical Optics):
After successfully completing this part of the module, students will be familiar with the basics of optics and in particular geometrical optics. They will be familiar with the most important optical processes and devices and understand how they work. In addition, they will be able to construct basic optical systems.
 
   
 

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Module content:
Angewandte Messtechnik (Applied Metrology):
Metrological principles
  o Basic units
  o Carrying out measurements, measurement uncertainty, deviations and accuracy
  o Calibration of measuring devices
  o Error propagation
 
• Sensor basics
  o Basics
  o Measurement chain
  o Instrumental uncertainty
  o Signal transmission behavior
  o Measurement strategy
 
• Sensors for measuring physical quantities
  o Path and angle
  o Force und pressure
  o Acceleration and angular velocity
  o Flow rate
  o Temperature
 
Regelungstechnik (Control Eingineering):
• Basics of control engineering
  o Control engineering systems task definition
  o Control loop, dynamic systems
  o Block diagram according to DIN EN 60027-6
  o Linear systems in the time and frequency domain, Laplace transformation
  o Working with the Bode plot
 
• Test signals
  o Step function
  o Pulse function
  o Dirac delta function
  o Broadband noise
 
• Individual elements of controlled systems
  o Proportional term (P)
  o Integrator (I)
  o DT1 transfer function (DT1)
  o 2nd order time delay - PT2 transfer function (PT2)
 
Angewandte Mechatronik (Applied Mechatronics):
• Design and functionality of mechatronic systems
  o Examples of applications
  o Sensor connection, analogue/digital converter, Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem
  o Microcomputer design
  o Digital/analogue converter, auxiliary power for actuators
 
• Actuators
  o Electromechanical actuators
  o Electric motors, small and micromotors
  o Piezoelectric actuators
  o Fluid mechanical actuators (hydraulics, pneumatics)
  o Thermomechanical actuators
  o Adaptronics
 
Technische Optik (Technical Optics):
• Review of basic optical terms
  o Fermat’s principle
  o Polarization by absorption, scattering, reflection and birefringence
  o Electromagnetic waves in general and in matter
 
• Geometrical optics
  o Plane mirror, virtual image, pixel
  o Spherical mirrors, real image, spherical aberration, image distance, object distance and focal distance,
    imaging equation, concave and convex mirrors, image construction, imaging scale
  o Image formation through refraction
  o Lenses: thin lenses, midplane, virtual object, imaging equation, biconvex/biconcave lenses,
    focal points, focal plane, image construction, thick lenses,
    multiple lenses in series, refractive power, aberration
  o Optical instruments

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Teaching methods/Media:
Lectures: Lecture, demonstrations, question and impulse teaching, working on concrete problems in groups
Seminar: Lecture, demonstrations, question and impulse teaching, Self-development and self-experience in scientific contexts by means of partner work,
tests and experiments

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Recommended or required reading:
• J. Hoffmann: Taschenbuch der Messtechnik (Fachbuchverlag Leipzig)
• J. Hoffmann: Handbuch der Messtechnik (Carl Hanser Verlag)
• R. Isermann: Mechatronische Systeme – Grundlagen (Springer)
• M. Reuter, S. Zacher: Regelungstechnik für Ingenieure – Analyse, Simulation und Entwurf von Regelkreisen (Vieweg + Teubner Verlag)
• S. Zacher: Übungsbuch Regelungstechnik – Klassische, modell- und wissensbasierte Verfahren (Vieweg + Teubner Verlag)
• J. Lunze: Regelungstechnik 1 – Systemtheoretische Grundlagen, Analyse und Entwurf einschleifiger Regelungen (Springer)
• O. Fröllinger: Regelungstechnik – Einführung in die Methoden und ihre Anwendung (Hüthig)
• U. Mescheder: Mikrosystemtechnik (Springer Vieweg)
• F. Pedrotti, L. Pedrotti, W. Bausch, H. Schmidt: Optik für Ingenieure (Springer)
• D. Kühlke: Optik – Grundlagen und Anwendungen (Harri)
• J. Bliedtner, G. Gräfe: Optiktechnologie: Grundlagen – Verfahren – Anwendungen – Beispiele (Hanser)

[updated 28.04.2023]
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