Mechatronics Laboratory
The Mechatronics Laboratory is designed to teach senior mechanical engineering students to build basic analog and digital circuits; develop an understanding for use of analog to digital and digital to analog conversion, actuators (servo and stepper motors) and sensors. Additionally, students learn to program a microcontroller and interface it with various actuator and sensor elements necessary to build a working robot.
Key Equipment
Oscilloscopes, Function Generator & Power Supplies
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![Mechatronics Lab Oscilloscopes, Function Generator & Power Supplies](/media/engineering/images/MechLabOscilloscopes.jpg)
Seven Programmable Bebionic Prosthetic Hands
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![Mechatronics Lab Programming Bebionic Prosthetic Hand](/media/engineering/images/MechLabHand.jpg)
Desktops with LabVIEW Program for Data Acquisition
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![Mechatronics Lab Computer Lab with LabVIEW Program for Data Acquisition](/media/engineering/images/MechLabDesktops.jpg)
Key Capabilities
Courses
EGMN 203: Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering Practicum ll
EGMN 416: Mechatronics
Contact
Ravi Hadimani, Ph.D.
rhadimani@vcu.edu