Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and

ME 447 Mechatronics Lab

Technology, Topi-23460. Final Exam Paper A

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

ME 447 – Mechatronics Lab

Instructor: Dr. Muhammad Arsalan Arif

12th January 2022 Final Exam(A) Total Time: 1hr 5 Minutes

Fall 2021 Total: 50 marks

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This is a closed book exam. To receive credit for a problem, you must show all the working. Answers
without working will be given ZERO credit.
2. Mention the assumptions, schematics, governing equations, and appropriate units. Also, label the
figures accordingly.
3. Mark a box around the important find outs of the solution.
4. Late submission of the answer sheet will not be accepted.

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Part Marks Obtained Total Marks

I 20
II 30
Total 50

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Part – I
MCQs Paper A
Total Marks 20
1. One of the following pins is not present in the Arduino UNO board
a) Analog output b) Analog Input c) Digital Output d) Digital Input
2. For programming Arduino, you may use
a) Arduino IDE b) MATLAB c) SIMULINK d) All of these
3. For giving a delay of 1 sec, what should be the value of “a” in following code:

void loop()
{int a;
digitalWrite(13,HIGH);
delay(a);
digitalWrite(13,LOW);
delay(a);
}

a) 1 b) 0.001 c) 1000 d) 100

4. Which of the following signals shown in figure 1.1 has the highest value of Duty Cycle:

Figure 1.1
a) A b) B c) C d) All of these have same
value of Duty cycle
5. Formula to calculate duty cycle of a PWM signal is:
𝑂𝑛 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑂𝑓𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
a) 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑
× 100% b) 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑
× 100%
1 d) Time Period × 100%
c) 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑑
× 100%
6. Step size of a 10-bit Analog to Digital Converter having a reference voltage of 5V will be:
a) 19.53 mV b) 6.25 mV c) 0.625 V d) 3.22mV
7. A 8-bit DAC (Digital to Analog Converter ) has ______ input pins and ______ Output pins.
a) 8,8 b) 1,8 c) 8,1 d) 8,4
8. An encoder is used to find __________ of a motor.

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a) Angular Speed b) Direction c) Angular Position d) All of these

9. The output of a transformer having turns ration a= 10 and input 220 V AC will be
a) 2200 b) 22 c) 220 d) 110
10. The transformer’s efficiency is generally in the range of
a) 95%-99% b) 85%-89% c) 75%-79% d) 45%-49%
11. For a robotic arm application that requires an accurate angular position which of the following motors will be
the best one:
a) DC motor b) BLDC motor c) Stepper Motor d) Universal Motor
12. BLDC motor is better than brushed DC motor in the following parameters:
a) Cost, Speed, b) Speed, lifetime, c) Cost, Speed, efficiency d) Lifetime, Efficiency, cost
lifetime efficiency
13. How many steps/pulses should you give to a stepper motor having step size = 800 to achieve an angle of 45
degrees?
a) 150 b) 250 c) 100 d) 200
14. For a three phase AC system, phase voltages differ in values by:
a) amplitude b) frequency c) duty cycle d) phase Angle
15. Each of the following is a source of prime mover for a synchronous generator except:
a) Shunt DC b) Turbine c) Steam Engines d) Asynchronous generator
motor
16. The step angle of a stepper motor is 2.5 degrees. If the stepping frequency is 3600 pulses per seconds then the
shaft speed will be:
a) 3600 rps b) 144 rps c) 25 rps d) 120 rps
17. Amplitude of generated voltage of a synchronous generator depends on:
a) Speed of Prime b) Speed of rotor c) Field current d) Direction of rotation of
mover rotor
18. Which of the following is a self starting machine:
a) 1 phase b) 3 phase c) 3 phase synchronous d) 1 phase Asynchronous
Synchronous Asynchronous motor Motor
motor motor
19. In an induction motor, at no-load condition the slip is generally
a) Less than 1% b) 50% c) 100% d) All are correct
20. Efficiency of an induction motor is equal to
𝑃𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ 𝑃𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑃𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ 𝑃𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠
a) 𝑃𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡
× 100% b) 𝑃𝑚𝑒𝑐ℎ
× 100% c) 𝑃𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠
× 100% d) 𝑃𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡
× 100%

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Part – II
Questions
Total Marks 30 Time 50 Minutes
Q1: We want to design a temperature based fan speed control. Write an Arduino program which
will take data (analog value between 0 to 5 V) from a temperature sensor and run a Fan (simple DC
motor) connected to its output pin 3. The speed of fan must vary with respect to sensor data.
(7 marks)

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Q2. Write any three losses in a transformers. (3 marks)

1.

2.

3.

Q3. Write any two differences between stepper and BLDC motor. (2 Marks)

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Q4. We want to run BLDC motor at a speed equals to 50% of maximum value. Relationship between
rotational speed and pulse frequency of BLDC is shown in figure 1.2

Fig 1.2 Relationship between rotational speed and pulse frequency of BLDC
The SW3 switch of BLD driver is in ON state which implies that speed will vary with respect to pulse
frequency. The SV pin of BLD driver is connected with digital output pin D3 of Arduino UNO. Write
an Arduino code to generate required frequency at pin D3 of Arduino UNO. (2 + 6 marks)

Required Frequency from Fig 1.2 :_______Hz

Arduino Code:

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Q5: U1,U2,V1,V2,W1 and W2 are armature windings and K,L and M are Field windings of an
induction machine as shown in figure 1.3.
(a) Connect Armature windings of this induction motor in delta configuration. (5 marks)

Fig 1.3 Connection board of an induction motor

(b) Make connections for Locked rotor test. Maximum speed of induction motor is 2800 rpm and
mechanical brake can stop 4000 rpm at a maximum value of 24V. (5 marks)

Write Value of voltage.

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