2. year engineering students in Cybernetics, Telematics, Computer Engineering
The student shall learn:
- basic theory of electricity and electronics
- theory and methods of measurements
- to use computers and programs in collection, analysis and presentation of data
ELECTRIC CIRCUITS AND ELECTRONICS:
- Electrical current, voltage and power.
- Circuit analysis with Kirchhoff's laws, Thevenins and Nortons theorems.
- Circuits with resistance, inductance and capacitance.
- Harmonic analysis of circuits. Alternating current. Complex impedance.
Semiconductors. Transistor models i DC- and AC-circuits. Operational amplifier circuits. Amplification and bandwidth.
Mesurements and instrumentation:
- Measurement of temperature, pressure, level, flow, position, force, velocity and acceleration. Statistical analysis of measurements.
Noice reduction.
- Sensor interfacing. Instrumentation and isolation amplifiers. Bridge circuits and analog filter circuits.
- Signal processing. Analog-to-digital conversion. Pulse-width modulation.
- The use of PC in instrumentation. I/O-modules and software drivers.
- Communication iterfaces: RS232, RS422 og RS485.
Classroom lectures with compulsory exercises and laboratory work. Project in groups of 2-3 students.
Mandatory exercises, 3/4 of the exercises must be approved to enter the examination.
3 hours individual written examination which counts for 50% of the grade.
One prosject in groups of 2-3 students which counts for 50% of the grade.
Individual oral examination of project work.
Both examination and prosject must be successfully completed to fulfill the course.
