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  1. a. Handouts: "Electrical Safety", “Electrical Power Distribution
    b. Virtual Classroom CD:  1) Virtual Classroom - Motor Physics - "Overview and Basics", "Step Motors" (plus "Construction" video), Open Loop -"Terminology" thru "Motor Windings" ; 2) Engineering Reference - read pgs 1 to 34  (A1-A12*) - "Step Motor Technology" (don't kill yourself on the step motor operation)
         *Note - a online version of the CD's Engineering Reference is available in a .pdf form.  You might use it if you would like to print this material for  offline reading.  That online version uses the slightly different page numbers shown here that start with the letter "A".
    c. Print "Custom Machine Worksheet" and bring to class
     
  2. a. Handouts: “dc Power Supplies
    b. Virtual Classroom CD:  1) Virtual Classroom - Open Loop - "Current Control" thru "Linear Step Motors" ; 2) Engineering Reference - read pgs 63 to 82 (A23-A30) - "Stepper Drive Technology"
     
  3. a. Virtual Classroom CD:  1) Virtual Classroom - "Motion Controller" ; 2) Engineering Reference - read pgs 120 to 126 (A45-A47) - "Machine Control"
     
  4. a. Motor Sizing - size the bicycle rim
    b. Read "The Myth of Inertia Matching"
    c. Handouts: "Inertia Matching and Power Rate"
     
  5. a. Virtual Classroom CD: Virtual Classroom - "Positioning Systems"
    b. Motor Sizing - Size the two axes on the engine boring machine - due at the end of the project

     
  6. a. Virtual Classroom CD:  1) Virtual Classroom - Motor Physics - "Brushed Servo" (plus Construction video), "Brushless Servo ; 2) Engineering Reference - read pgs 35 to 62 (A13-A22) - "Servo Motor Technology"
     
  7. a. Virtual Classroom CD:  1)Virtual Classroom - "Closed Loop" (and the famous 'Delta Queen' video) ; 2) Engineering Reference - read pgs 83 to 98 (A31-A35) - "Servo Amplifier Technology"
     
  8. a. Virtual Classroom CD: Engineering Reference - read pgs 99 to 105 (A36-A38) - "Servo Tuning"; pgs 106 to 119 (A39-A44) - "Feedback Devices"
     
  9. a. Handouts: "Handling Regenerative Energy"
     
  10. a. Handouts: "Hall Effect Sensors"
     
  11. a. Handouts: "Interference Signals and Shielding", "Electrical Noise in Motion Control Systems"
    b. Virtual Classroom CD: Engineering Reference - read pgs 127 to 143 (A48-A54) - "I/O", "Electrical Noise", "E-stop circuits"
     
  12. a. Handouts: "Dual Loop Backlash Compensation"