25-11-2017, 10:04 AM
Consider the modern camera for auto-focus and self-exposure. To use the camera, all you need to do is point at the subject and press the button to take the picture. The camera automatically adjusts the focus so that the subject is in focus and automatically adjusts the aperture and shutter speed to give the correct exposure. Consider an intelligent truck suspension. Such a suspension adjusts to an unequal load to maintain a level platform, adjusts to the curves, moves across the rugged terrain. etc. to maintain a smooth ride. Consider an automated production line. This line can involve a series of production processes that are carried out automatically in the correct sequence and in the correct way. The automatic camera, the truck suspension and the automatic production line are examples of a marriage between electronic control systems and mechanical engineering. These control systems generally use microprocessors as controllers and have extraction information from electrical sensors from the mechanical inputs and outputs through electric actuators to mechanical systems. The term mechatronics is used to integrate the microprocessor control systems, the electrical system and the mechanical system. A mechatronics system is not just a marriage of electrical and mechanical systems and is more than a simple control system; It is a complete integration of all of them.