Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
KON 315E Electronic Instrumentation English Compulsory /
Elective
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
3 6 2 0 2
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites KON 216 MIN DD
or KON 216E MIN DD
or KON 218 MIN DD
or KON 218E MIN DD
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Static (accuracy, sensitivity, linearity etc.) and dynamic characteristics (frequency response, cutoff frequency, damping, natural frequency, etc.) of sensors. Principles of IC-sensors. Resistive signal conditioning circuits : Voltage dividers, linearizing circuits. Balancing and deflection circuits with Wheatstone bridges, load cells. Sensitivity in bridge circuits. Circuits in industrial instrumentation: Instrumentation amplifiers, related notions (CMRR, SMRR, offset, drift, noise) and their effects; chopper amplifiers. Voltage/Current Converters. Shielding and grounding techniques. Signal conditioning for reactance variation sensors; AC bridges; carrier amplifiers; charge amplifiers. Analogue/Digital and Digital/Analogue Converters: Operating principles and characteristics. Data acquisition structures. Telemetry methods. Experiments on various instrumentation circuits : Measurement of temperature, force, strain, displacement, angle, flow, microcontroller controlled measuring systems.