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ECE 456 - Mechatronics Course Description • Study of electro-mechanical systems controlled by microcontrollers • Theory, design and construction of mechatronics systems – Closely coupled and fully integrated • Synergistic integration of sensors, actuators and microcrontrollers. • Lego Mindstorm EV3 and Matlab/Simulink based approach to learn mechatronics concepts and fundamentals T00 Course Orientation 6 © Bharat Balagopal, North Carolina State University, All Rights Reserved

ECE 456 - Mechatronics What is expected of the students? • Spend at least 9hr/week to study for this course • The material will be challenging - work hard • Do the reading assignments before each class • Regularly attend lectures • Do your own homework – cheating of any sort is not accepted • Submit your homework through Moodle – 30% penalty for each day the homework is late – Will not be accepted after solution is posted T00 Course Orientation 10 © Bharat Balagopal, North Carolina State University, All Rights Reserved