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2006-2007 / Course descriptions / IE202005 Instrumentation  

IE202005 Instrumentation

Course Code
IE202005

Course Name
Instrumentation

Credits
10.00

Target Audience
1. year engineering students in Cybernetics, Telematics, Computer Engineering

Objectives

The student shall learn:
- basic theory of electronics
- theory and methods of measurements
- to use computers and programs in collection, analysis and presentation of data

Topics

ELECTRICS :
Semiconductors. Operational amplifiers. Operational amplifier circuits. Amplification and bandwidth.
Sensor interfacing. Instrumentation and isolation amplifiers. Bridge circuits, passive and active filter circuits.

Signal processing. Analog-to-digital conversion. Pulse-width modulation.

PC - BASED INSTRUMENTATION:
LabView introduction cource.
I/O - modules and software drivers.
Use of LabView in collection, analysis and presentation of data.
Distributed instrumentation systems.

Datacommunication interfaces like: RS232, RS422, RS485 and USB.

MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION:
- Measurement of temperature, pressure, level, flow, position, force and torqe, velocity and acceleration. Statistical analysis of measurements.
Noice reduction.

Instruction

Classroom lectures with compulsory exercises and laboratory work.

Mandatory Assignments

Mandatory exercises and laboratory work. At the start of the course the number of mandatory exercises and laboratory work will be given. The exercises and laboratory work must be finnished within given dates and be approved to enter the examination

Evaluation

4 hours individual written examination ..

Grades
ABCDEF

Revised date
2005.03.31

Revised by
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