Note: This course is designed for mechatronics students. It contains a brief introduction to power electronics (Lectures 1 to 8), which is inteded to provide the basis for mechatronics design projects. The rest of the course, (Lecture 9 to 21) deals with modelling and control of electric machines.

Lecture 1: Introduction actuators and power electronics for mechatronics ▼

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Lecture 2: Magnetic circuits ▼

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Lecture 3: Transformers ▼

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Lecture 4: Diode rectifiers ▼

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Lecture 5: DC/DC converters ▼

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Lecture 6: DC/AC concerters ▼

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Lecture 7: Pulse width modulation ▼

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Lecture 8: 3-Phase inverters ▼

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Lecture 9: Principles of electromechanical energy conversion ▼

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Lecture 10: Force in electromechanical systems ▼

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Lecture 11: Rotating machines ▼

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Lecture 12: Stepper motors ▼

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Lecture 13: DC motors ▼

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Lecture 14: Speed and position control of DC motors ▼

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Lecture 15: Torque control of DC motors ▼

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Lecture 16: Induction machines, part 1 ▼

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Lecture 17: Induction machines, part 2 ▼

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Lecture 18: Synchronous machines ▼

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Lecture 19: Single phase motors ▼

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Lecture 20: Transient and dynamics ▼

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Lecture 21: Final course review ▼

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Bode plots
Convolution integral
Nyquist stability criterion
PID controllers
Root locus
State space models