Mechatronics - Integrated Mechanical, Electrical, Control, and Embedded Software Design
Mechatronics is a system-level approach to designing electromechanical systems that merges mechanical, electrical, control system, and embedded software design. It represents an industry-wide effort to improve the design process by integrating the best available development practices and technologies to streamline design, prototyping, and deployment. Featured Application Area – Virtual Prototyping
Learn more about virtual prototyping How Do I do it?Mechatronics Resource KitDownload this mechatronics resource kit to learn how you can use NI tools to integrate mechanical design, control design, simulation, sensing and actuation, signal processing, and electronic design. Mechatronics Technical LibraryExplore the mechatronics resources from NI. View example programs for each of the mechatronics focus areas, such as mechanical or control design and simulation, sensing and signal conditioning, motors and actuators, or digital signal processing. Machine Design GuideDownload this comprehensive machine design guide to learn step-by-step best practices for designing your next machine. Throughout the guide, in-depth application examples illustrate the approaches successful designers have implemented. Additional ResourcesNI Product OfferingsLabVIEWNational Instruments LabVIEW is designed for engineers and scientists who need to create flexible and scalable test, measurement, and control applications rapidly and at minimal cost. The intuitive graphical development environment combines the ease of use of configuration-based tools with the flexibility of a powerful programming language. CompactRIONational Instruments CompactRIO is powered by reconfigurable I/O (RIO) FPGA technology and combines an open, embedded architecture with small size, extreme ruggedness, and hot-swappable industrial I/O modules. Data AcquisitionLearn about a complete family of data acquisition devices for desktop, portable, and networked applications on several buses, including PCI, PXI, PCMCIA, USB, and IEEE 1394. Case Studies
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Digital prototyping is a technology used in the design of mechatronical systems that combine mechanical, electronic, control tasks, and embedded computing within one device.