EL 275 - Mechatronics-Automated Systems

Description
This course allows students to integrate their knowledge of the principles of controls, electrical and electronic technology, and electro-mechanical systems to design the controls for a machine. Students apply operation, process, sequencing, and programming skills to individual automation production machines and to complete automation production systems.

Credit Hours: 5
Contact Hours: 8
Prerequisites/Other Requirements: C or Higher in the following courses: EL 162 and EL 163 and EL 166 and CIS 233 and EL201
English Prerequisite(s): None
Math Prerequisite(s): None
Course Corequisite(s): None
Academic Program Prerequisite: None
Consent to Enroll in Course: No Department Consent Required
Dual Enrollment Allowed?: No
Course Fees: $15.00
Number of Times Course can be taken for credit: 1
Programs Where This Course is a Requirement:
None

General Education Requirement:
None
General Education Learner Outcomes (GELO):
NA
Course Learning Outcomes:

Evaluate information to identify limitations of electrical machines used in Mechatronics.
Design a electrical control system for a specified production machine.
Write the sequencing and PLC program for a specified production machine.
Program a variable speed drive for an application.
Complete work accurately, with attention to detail.
Develop specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work.

Course Outline:
I. Electrical Controls

II. Electrical Safety and Standards

III. Variable Speed Controls

IV. Sensors for Automation Equipment

V. Robot Controls and Interfacing

VI. Individual Automation Production Machines

VII. Automation Systems (Combination of Individual Machines)

Approved for Online and Hybrid Delivery?:
No
Instructional Strategies:
Lecture: 40-60%

Lab: 40-60%
Mandatory Course Components:
Each student will create the controls and give a presentation showing their working simulated production machine and describe how it functions.
Equivalent Courses:
None

Accepted GRCC Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Credit: None
AP Min. Score: NA
Name of Industry Recognize Credentials: None

Course prepares students to seek the following external certification:
No
Course-Specific Placement Test: None
Course Aligned with ARW/IRW Pairing: N/A

Mandatory Department Assessment Measures:
PLO Assessment Project: Design and program an application using a PLC or other microprocessor that demonstrates applications of electrical and electronic components.

Installations/PLC Assessment Project Rubric

Course Type:
Elective- Offering designed to expand learning opportunities for degree seeking students. May or may not be required for students in a specific GRCC program.
Course Format:
Lecture/Lab - Must meet Lecture & Lab Ratios
Total Lecture/Lab Hours Per Week: 8
People Soft Course ID Number: 104642
Course CIP Code: 15.9999
Maximum Course Enrollment: 16
General Room Request: None

School: School of Business & Industry
Department: Applied Technology
Discipline: EL
First Term Valid: Winter 2016 (1/1/2016)
1st Catalog Year: 2015-2016
Faculty Credential Requirements:
Master’s Degree (GRCC general requirement), Professionally qualified through work experience in field (Perkins Act or Other) (list below)
Faculty Credential Requirement Details:
None

Major Course Revisions: Prerequisite, Corequisite
Last Revision Date Effective: 20240301T10:51:47
Course Review & Revision Year: 2028-2029