Actuators, Drivers and Electronic Modules

From the studyboard description:

Students who complete the module should have knowledge about the various building blocks comprising an embedded/robotic control system.
The acquired knowledge should be applicable for selecting appropriate components for the design of robotic control systems.

Students who complete the module should have the following knowledge, and skills:

Knowledge:

Must have knowledge of basic electronics: capacitor, diode, and transistor
Must have knowledge of sensing possibilities: push buttons, potentiometers, photo resistors and force sensitive resistors
Must have knowledge of limited number of actuators e.g. DC-motors, step-motors, linear actuators
Must have an overview of the basic structure and behaviour of micro- controllers
Must have understanding on using micro-controllers: interface to the computer, analogue/digital input/output
Must have understanding of circuit applications: DC filtering, circuit protection and amplifiers
Must have knowledge of one particular micro-controller to the level of register-structure, special purpose registers (including timers), I/O including digital, drivers, interrupt channels (level/rising/falling), analogue and digital outputs and PWM)

Skills:

To apply acquired knowledge for the design and implementation of robotic control systems