Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : EE6156 : Instrumentation and Sensors { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Gopalakrishna Srungavarapu
Syllabus
Measurement error and uncertainty. Accuracy, confidence limits, confidence level. Measuring methods. Characteristics of measuring instruments. Voltage and current measurement. Frequency measurement. Signals and noise. Signal conditioning: instrumentation amplifiers, sample and hold circuits, filters, current to voltage conversion analog multiplexers, isolation amplifiers. A/D and/a conversion: parallel, successive approximation and dual slope A/D converters. Data acquisition systems. Virtual instrumentation. Sensors and transducers: temperature, geometric displacement, force, torque, vibration. Microprocessor and PC based Instrumentation system Design. Introduction to computer control of processes.
Course Objectives
- Comprehend various transducers used in industry and research
- To understand PC based instrumentation
Course Outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to <br />1. Choose a proper transducer based on their characteristics for measurement of different parameters. <br />2. Understand the method to perform PC based measurements
Essential Reading
- D.V. Murty,, Transducers and Instrumentation, PHI , 2008
- C. S. Rangan, G. R. Sarma, V. S. V. Mani,, Instrumentation: Devices and Systems, TMH , 2008
Supplementary Reading
- A.S. Morris, Principles of Measurement and Instrumentation, Prentice Hall , 2007
- J. Bouwens, Digital Instrumentation, TMH , 2002