MECATRÔNICA

The Mechatronics (Brazilian Portuguese) or Mechatronics (European Portuguese) is an area that uses the technologies of mechanics, electronics, electronic and information technology to provide products, systems and improved processes, one of the newer areas of engineering, as well as technical-vocational education, worldwide. The integrated area of these diverse technologies is what you might call Mechatronic Systems. 

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Mechatronics emphasizes management and control of the complexity of the modern industries that require sophisticated tools to manage their diverse real-time integrated processes. 

According to the Advisory Committee for Industrial Research and Development of the European Community (IRDAC) "Mechatronics is the synergistic integration of mechanical engineering with electronics and intelligent computer control in process design and manufacturing of products." In other words, it means that mechatronics is the combination of mechanical engineering with electronics with an intelligent control by computer, that is, a machine that has both mechanical parts and electrical parts and sensors that capture information and pass for the mechanical parts able to provide products, systems and processes improved. 

We consider as an example of a mechatronic system washing machine with automatic door-soap. This soap-door knows how much soap you should put in each cycle, because it "weighs" the amount of clothing that has the basket. That means she knows the amount of soap being used because there is a sensor beneath the basket of the machine that weighs the amount of clothes. After weighing the clothes, a computer processes this information and note how much laundry is inside the machine, then it sends a command to the actuator that turns the amount of soap needed for proper washing. 

Mechatronics functions as a sort of "future of engineering." Initially, the course is common to any engineering disciplines: calculus, physics, mechanics and basic electrical. In the specific part of the course are introduced disciplines, including logic circuits, control of mechanical systems and industrial automation. How many of the disciplines of the course involves practical and experimental, they naturally include lessons in individual laboratories. 

We must also consider the exercise of mechatronics, detailed knowledge on materials, alloys and physicochemical properties. Such features are essential and will determine the life of a mechatronic device or equipment.