Applied Mechatronics synthesizes the disciplines of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering to provide a comprehensive overview of the various technologies and tools used to develop mechatronic devices. Co-written by Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering professors who co-teach this interdisciplinary course, this text highlights the information each discipline might have considered prerequisite so students can focus on material new to them. Designed for a first course in mechatronics, it contains numerous practical, classroom-tested examples, experiments, and simulations using SIMULINK, MATLAB, and LabVIEW, and presents material in a format that lends itself to collaborative, project-based learning.Table of Contents: 1. MECHATRONICS: AN INTRODUCTION; 2 . ELEMENTS AND ANALYSIS OF ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; 3. DIODE, TRANSISTOR, AND THYRISTOR CIRCUITS; 4. OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER (OP-AMP) CIRCUITS; 5. DIGITAL LOGIC AND LOGIC FAMILIES; 6. MICROCONTROLLERS AND PROGRAMMING; 7. PARALLEL I/O AND INTERRUPT MECHANISM; 8. SERIAL INTERFACE FACILITY; 9. PROGRAMMABLE TIMER FACILITY; 10. ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL (A/D) AND DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG (D/A) CONVERSION; 11. SENSORS AND THEIR INTERFACE; 12. ELECTRIC ACTUATORS; 13. CONTROL SCHEMES; 14 . CASE STUDIES ; APPENDIXES; A. DC POWER SUPPLY; B. PINOUT OF SELECTED ICS; C. INSTRUCTIONS SET, ADDRESSING MODES, AND EXECUTION TIMES FOR THE MC9S12C DC POWER SUPPLY; D. MC9S12C REGISTERS AND CONTROL BIT ASSIGNMENTS; E. USING THE CODE WARRIOR INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT (IDE); F. ASCII CODE; G. NUMBER SYSTEMS; H. MECHANISMS FOR MECHATRONICS