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IE201703 Electronics and Instrumentation

Course Code
IE201703

Course Name
Electronics and Instrumentation

Credits
15.00

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

Prerequisites xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' ><paragraph></paragraph></s xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' > Objectives xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' ><paragraph>The student shall learn:</line>- basic theory of electricity and electronics</line>- theory and methods of measurements</line>- to use computers and programs in collection, analysis and presentation of data</paragraph></s xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' >

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

Topics xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' ><paragraph>ELECTRIC CIRCUITS AND ELECTRONICS:</line>- Electrical current, voltage and power.</line>- Circuit analysis with Kirchhoff's laws, Thevenins and Nortons theorems. </line>- Circuits with resistance, inductance and capacitance.</line>- Harmonic analysis of circuits. Alternating current. Complex impedance.</line>Semiconductors. Transistor models i DC- and AC-circuits. Operational amplifier circuits. Amplification and bandwidth. <paragraph>Mesurements and instrumentation:</line>- Measurement of temperature, pressure, level, flow, position, force, velocity and acceleration. Statistical analysis of measurements.</line>Noice reduction.</line>- Sensor interfacing. Instrumentation and isolation amplifiers. Bridge circuits and analog filter circuits.</line>- Signal processing. Analog-to-digital conversion. Pulse-width modulation. </line>- The use of PC in instrumentation. I/O-modules and software drivers.</line>- Communication iterfaces: RS232, RS422 og RS485.</paragraph></s xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' >

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.

Instruction xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' ><paragraph>Classroom lectures with compulsory exercises and laboratory work. Project in groups of 2-3 students.</line></paragraph></s xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' >

Classroom lectures with compulsory exercises and laboratory work. Project in groups of 2-3 students.

Mandatory Assignments xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' ><paragraph>Mandatory exercises, 3/4 of the exercises must be approved to enter the examination.</paragraph></s xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' >

Mandatory exercises, 3/4 of the exercises must be approved to enter the examination.

Evaluation xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' ><paragraph>3 hours individual written examination which counts for 50% of the grade.</line>One prosject in groups of 2-3 students which counts for 50% of the grade.</line>Individual oral examination of project work.</line>Both examination and prosject must be successfully completed to fulfill the course.</paragraph></s xmlns:xhtml='http://ez.no/namespaces/ezpublish3/xhtml/' >

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.

Grades
ABCDEF

Revised date
03/03/2004