Syllabus

1. Determination of Temp. -Resistance & Temp. —Voltage characteristics of the Thermistor.
2. Determination of Temp-Resistance & Temp. —Voltage characteristics of the RTD (pt-100)
3. Determination of Temp. using Thermocouple with compensation & without compensation. Plot the graph for Actual Temp. vs % Error
4. Determination of characteristics between strain applied & the voltage output, as well as the signal conditioned voltage of a cantilever strain gauge.
5. Study the characteristics of a LVDT with respect to secondary output voltage & Signal conditioned output voltage. Calibrate the LVDT & plot the graph between displacement & % Error
6. Study the response of optical sensor by varying the distance from light source.
7. Measurement of Water level using capacitive sensor and controller using PLC.
8. Measurement of rotational speed from a distance using stroboscope and compare it with slotted optical transducer.
9. Use of PLC to perform different automation action over conveyor belt.
10. Linear displacement measurement using different optical sensors and angular displacement using capacitive sensor.

To provide in-depth understanding the measurement and study the characteristics of various sensors and systems using different instruments and modules.

To provide hands on experience in sensors and instrumentation techniques.

CO1: To be well versed with different sensors and measurement system with the real time experimental set-up.
CO2: Able to carry out the experiment and measure the sensor characteristics.
CO3: Able to analyze different sensor interfacing circuits such as thermistor, RTD, Thermocouple etc.
CO4: Able to perform the calibration of a measurement system with offset and gain adjustment.
CO5: Able to analyze and debug the data from the experiment, plot them and write the lab reports properly.

J. P. Bentley, Principles of Measurement System, Pearson Education , Third edition, 2003.

E.O. Doebelin, Measurement Systems, Application and Design, McGraw Hill , Fifth Edition, 2008

D. V. S Murty, Transducers and Instrumentation, PHI Learning

D. Patranabis, Sensors and Transducers, PHI Learning