| Name the types of programming we have learned for software-level control? | G-code, ladder logic |
| Name the two types of controllers we use in a mechatronic system? | Microcontroller, PLC |
| What are the three types of digital communcication? | Serial, I2C, SPI |
| How do sensors in a mechatronics system communicate with the controller? | Feedback control |
| Name the governing physics for electromagnetic actuators? | Electricity and magnetism |
| Name the three prime movers governed by mechanical physics? | Steam, water, wind |
| What physics governs combustion? | Thermodynamics |
| What is the harnessing mechanism for steam, wind, or water? | Turbine |
| What is the harnessing mechanism for combustion? | internal combustion engines |
| Name the four power types discussed in class? | AC electricity, DC electricity, compressed air, hydraulic fluid |
| What is the source of AC electricity and how is the energy stored? | AC generator and battery |
| What is the source of DC electricity and how is the energy stored? | DC generator, rectified AC, or photovoltaic cell and battery |
| What is the source of compressed air and how is the energy stored? | Air compressor and compressed air tank |
| What is the source of hydraulic fluid and how is the energy stored? | Pump and accumulator tank |
| Name the motion, displacement, power type, and driver/control hardware for a brushed DC actuator? | Rotary, continuous, DC, H-bridge |
| Name the motion, displacement, power type, and driver/control hardware for a brushless DC actuator? | Rotary, continuous, DC, ESC(6-transistor driver) |
| Name the motion, displacement, power type, and driver/control hardware for a unipolar stepper actuator? | Rotary, incremental, DC, one MOSFET per phase |
| Name the motion, displacement, power type, and driver/control hardware for a bipolar stepper actuator? | Rotary, incremental, DC, one H-bridge per phase |
| Name the motion, displacement, power type, and driver/control hardware for an AC 'Universal' actuator? | Rotary, continuous, AC or DC, VFD or H-bridge |
| Name the motion, displacement, power type, and driver/control hardware for an AC induction actuator? | Rotary, continuous, AC, VFD |
| Name the motion, displacement, power type, and driver/control hardware for a linear motor (LSM, LIM) actuator? | Linear, continuous, AC, VFD |
| Name the motion, displacement, power type, and driver/control hardware for a solenoid actuator? | Linear, discrete, DC, BJT |
| Name the motion, displacement, power type, and driver/control hardware for a voice coil actuator? | Linear, continuous, DC, H-bridge |
| Name the motion, displacement, power type, and driver/control hardware for a 'linear actuator' actuator? | Linear, continuous, DC, H-bridge |
| Name the types of stepper motors? | PM, VR, hybrid |
| Name the four driving techniques of stepper motors? | Wave, full-step, half-step, micro-step |
| Name the winding configurations of stepper motors? | Bipolar, unipolar |
| Name the two types of stepper drivers? | L/R, chopper |
| Name the motion, displacement, and driver/control hardware for a pneumatic single-acting cylinder actuator? | Linear, discrete, solenoid valve |
| Name the motion, displacement, and driver/control hardware for a hydraulic single-acting cylinder actuator? | Linear, continuous, solenoid valve/pump |
| Name the motion, displacement, and driver/control hardware for a pneumatic double-acting cylinder actuator? | Linear, discrete, solenoid valve |
| Name the motion, displacement, and driver/control hardware for a hydraulic double-acting cylinder actuator? | Linear, continuous, solenoid valve/pump |
| Name the motion, displacement, power type, and driver/control hardware for a rod-less actuator? | Linear, discrete, pneumatic, solenoid valve |
| Name the motion, displacement, and driver/control hardware for a pneumatic motor actuator? | Rotary, continuous, solenoid valve |
| Name the motion, displacement, and driver/control hardware for a hydraulic motor actuator? | Rotary, continuous, pump |
| What is a key component in a pneumatic system after the working pressure gauge before the working components? | 3/2 valve |
| What is the value of the even parity if the sum of the value of the bits in a serial transmission is odd? | 1 |
| What is the value of the odd parity if the sum of the value of the bits in a serial transmission is odd? | 0 |
| What is the maximum sampling rate for 1 byte @ 112500 baud? (2 decimal places) | 10227.27 |
| What is the voltage range of a TTL logic family? | 0-5V |
| Which logic family has a voltage range of 0-3.3V? | CMOS |
| What is the minimum number of wires needed and how many devices can UART protocol connect to? | 2 per device, 1 |
| What is the minimum number of wires needed and how many devices can USART protocol connect to? | 3 per device,1 |
| What is the minimum number of wires needed and how many devices can SPI protocol connect to? | 3 + 1 per device, #GPIOs |
| What is the minimum number of wires needed and how many devices can I2C protocol connect to? | 2, # address bits |
| What command is used for a circular tool path in G-code? | G03 |
| What is the required input stroke distance for a piston system that needs to move 5mm, where the input piston area is 1 in^2 and the output piston area is 1000 in^2? | 5 metres |
