Reg. No. MANIPAL UNIVERSITY SIXTH SEMESTER B.E. (MECHANICAL) DEGREE EXAMINATION ~ DECEMBER 2007 SUBJECT: MECHATRONICS — (MEE 310) (CREDIT SYSTEM) Friday, December 14, 2007 Time: 3 Hrs. Max. Marks: 100 ‘Answer any FIVE full questions. 1A. What are semi conductors? Explain the use of a diode as a rectifier. 1B. Explain with sketches the use of capacitive sensors for the measurement of linear and rotary displacements. IC, What is Thyristor? Explain with sketches the working principle of a triac. (6+6+8 = 20 marks) 2A. Explain with neat sketch the working principle of electromagnetic flow meter. . Explain how an analog signal is converted to digital form. 2C. What is piezoelectric effect? With sketches explain the working of piezoelectric sensors. (6+6+8 = 20 marks) 3A. Explain the following: i) Summering operational amplifier. _ii)_ Differential operational amplifier. 3B. Construct a decoder used to decode 13 in a 4 bit counter and explain the same 3C. Discuss the torque — speed characteristics of DC motor. (8+7+5 =20 marks) 4A. With a neat block diagram. Explain the architecture of 8085 microprocessor. 4B, What is cylinder sequencing? Explain the arrangement for sequencing two cylinders. (10+10 = 20 marks) 5A. Discuss the working principle of solenoid. Also write its applications. 5B. How the following functions are executed in a PLC? Explain i) Timing ii) Counting iii) Arithmetic operations SC. Explain the engine management system with block diagram. (6+6+8 = 20 marks) 6A. What are the salient features of the control system for an automatic camera? 6B. Discuss the different methods of artificial neural network learning. 6C. With neat sketches , explain the construction and working principle of i) absolute encoder ii) _incremental encoder (6+6+8 = 20 marks) 7A. Sketch and explain the 4 to I multiplexer using appropriate logic gates. 7B. Explain the construction and working of variable reluctance stepper motor. 7C. What is fuzzy logic? With an example explain how does a fuzzy logic work. (7+6+7 = 20 marks) aS Sp he i e S SSSSS