University of Colorado Boulder
Embedding Sensors and Motors Specialization
University of Colorado Boulder

Embedding Sensors and Motors Specialization

Experience Sensors and Motors in an IoT World. Master sensor and motor theory, and program these devices in a microprocessor system.

James Zweighaft
Jay Mendelson

Instructors: James Zweighaft

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4 months
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.6

(1,184 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

4 months
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Study a lab experiment or production process and understand how to specify the proper sensor solution for taking real-time process data

  • Implement the sensor into an embedded system in both hardware and software

  • Modify existing hardware schematic to add sensors and all support circuitry needed to implement the signal chain in existing microprocessor system

  • Create hardware and firmware to process the sensor signal and feed data to a microprocessor for further evaluation

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Specialization - 4 course series

Sensors and Sensor Circuit Design

Course 125 hours4.6 (1,179 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Use the core features of the Cypress PSOC development kit.

  • Choose the right temperature sensor, rotary sensor and amplifier for an application.

  • Interface sensors, LCD, and ADC to the PSOC development kit.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Debugging
Category: Embedded Systems
Category: Schematic Diagrams
Category: Electronic Components
Category: Design Specifications
Category: Electrical Wiring
Category: Electronics Engineering
Category: Laboratory Equipment
Category: Electronics
Category: Electronic Systems
Category: Development Environment
Category: Engineering Calculations
Category: Thermal Management
Category: Embedded Software
Category: Hardware Design

Motors and Motor Control Circuits

Course 236 hours4.7 (1,395 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Understand how to specify the proper AC or DC motor for a machine design

  • Integrate the motor to a machine, based on analysis of motor equations for voltage, current, torque and speed

  • Implement the motor and accompanying rotary sensor into a motor control circuit in both hardware and software

  • Create hardware and firmware to process motor feedback data to a microprocessor for further evaluation

Skills you'll gain

Category: Torque (Physics)
Category: Machine Controls
Category: Electronic Components
Category: Electronics
Category: Three-Phase
Category: Laboratory Experience
Category: Basic Electrical Systems
Category: Electronic Systems
Category: Equipment Design
Category: Mechanical Engineering
Category: Electrical Engineering
Category: Electrical Wiring
Category: Electrical Systems
Category: Electrical Equipment
Category: Electrical Power
Category: Embedded Software
Category: Control Systems
Category: Electronic Hardware
Category: Power Electronics
Category: Automation Engineering

Pressure, Force, Motion, and Humidity Sensors

Course 323 hours4.7 (256 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Choose the right pressure, force, strain, position, motion, acceleration, occupancy, and humidity sensor for an application.

  • Design these sensors into an embedded circuit. 

Skills you'll gain

Category: Electronics Engineering
Category: Electrical Systems
Category: Embedded Software
Category: Engineering Calculations
Category: Electrical Equipment
Category: Laboratory Equipment
Category: Embedded Systems
Category: Design Specifications
Category: Hardware Design
Category: Control Systems
Category: Electronic Components
Category: Machine Controls
Category: Electronics
Category: Electronic Systems
Category: Programmable Logic Controllers

Sensor Manufacturing and Process Control

Course 455 hours4.6 (300 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Understand how sensor manufacturers characterize and calibrate their sensors.

  • Tune a PID control loop and access the PID control function of the Cypress PSoC development kit for a motor control application

  • Understand manufacturing methods used to build electro-mechanical and micro-machined sensors.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Process Control
Category: Product Testing
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Manufacturing Processes
Category: Electronic Components
Category: Control Systems
Category: Laboratory Equipment
Category: Automation Engineering
Category: Embedded Systems
Category: Medical Imaging
Category: Machine Controls
Category: Engineering, Scientific, and Technical Instruments
Category: Electronics
Category: Electronics Engineering
Category: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Category: Medical Equipment and Technology
Category: Statistical Process Controls
Category: Embedded Software
Category: Reliability
Category: Mechanical Design

Instructors

James Zweighaft
University of Colorado Boulder
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