Dettagli sull'Insegnamento per l'A.A. 2018/2019

Prerequisiti

The student must know the basic notions of basic electric circuits, circuit analysis, and analog electronics.

Obiettivi

The goal of this course is to provide the measurement and working principles of various instruments and devices used to measure electrical parameters. On successful completion of this module, the student should understand the fundamental concepts of measurement theory and should be aware of potential applications of basic electronic instrumentation in different engineering fields.

Sillabo

• Fundamentals of measurement theory. Measurement of electrical resistance and impedance. Principle of moving coil instruments. Electronic analog and digital voltmeters. Electronic counters. Basic sensors and transducers. Data Acquisition Systems. Digital oscilloscopes. Spectrum analyzers. Electronic wattmeters

Descrittori di Dublino

Alla fine del corso, lo studente dovrebbe

Testi di riferimento

• AC Voltage Measurement Errors in Digital Multimeters, Digital Multimeter Measurement Errors Series , Agilent Technologies, Inc.. (vol. AN 1389-3) 2002.    
• Dale Cigoy, Accurate Low-Resistance Measurements Start with Identifying Sources of Error , Keithley Instruments, Inc.. 2010.    
• Agilent Spectrum Analysis Basics , Agilent Technologies. (vol. AN 150) 2006.    
• Robert A. Peura and John G. Webster, Basic Sensors and Principles, Medical Instrumentation Application and Design , John G. Webster. 2009.    
• John J. Corcoran, Electronic Instrument Handbook: Analog-to-Digital Converters , Agilent technologies. 2004. Chap.6    
• Enhanced Resolution in LeCroy Digital Oscilloscopes , LeCroy Corporation. (vol. AN 006)    
• Keith Birch, Estimating Uncertainties in Testing, Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 36 , British Measurement and Testing Association.    
• Fundamentals of the Electronic Counters, Electronic Counter Series , Hewlett-Packard Company. (vol. AN 200) 1997.    
• Harry N. Norton, Handbook of transducers , Prentice Hall PTR. 1989.    
• High Resistance Measurements, Application Note Series , Keithley Instruments, Inc. (vol. 312) 2005.    
• Gerhard Bohm, Günter Zech, Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis for Physicists , Verlag Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron.    
• Isolated Current and Voltage Transducers. Characteristics - Applications Calculations , LEM Publication . (vol. CH 96101 E)    
• Linear Circuit Design Handbook Cap.10 Passive components, Analog Devices.    
• John G. Webster, Measurement, Instrumentation, and sensors , CRC Press, IEEE Press. 1999.    
• Morris Engelson, Modern spectrum analyzer theory and applications , Artech House. 1984.    
• Oscilloscope Fundamentals , Tektronix. 2009.    
• Peter J. Pupalaikis, Random Interleaved Sampling (RIS) , LeCroy Corporation.    
• Sensor Technology Handbook , Elsevier. (vol. 1) Cap.4 Sensor signal conditioning    
• M. J. Usher, Sensors and transducers , Macmillan. 1985.    
• Robert A. Witte, Spectrum and network measurements , Prentice Hall . 1991.    
• Walt Kester , The Data Conversion Handbook 2005. Data Converter Applications. Chap. 8.2 Multichannel Data Acquisition Systems. Analog devices    
• Barry N. Taylor and Ambler Thompson eds., The International System of Units (SI) , NIST Special Publication. (vol. 33) 2008.    
• Understanding SAR ADCs: Their Architecture and Comparison with Other ADCs , Maxim integrated TUTORIAL. (vol. 1080) 2001.    
• What is the difference between an equivalent time sampling oscilloscope and a real-time oscilloscope , Agilent Technologies. (vol. AN 1608) 2008.    
• G. Bucci, C. De Capua, C. Landi, Wiley Survey of Instrumentation and Measurement: Power and Energy: Power Measurement , John Wiley and Sons. 2001. pp.809-826    

Modalità d'esame

Oral exam: discussion on any three topics from the course, proposed by the teacher during the examination.

Aggiornamenti alla pagina del corso

• A.A. 2012/2013
• A.A. 2013/2014
• A.A. 2014/2015
• A.A. 2015/2016
• A.A. 2016/2017
• A.A. 2017/2018
• A.A. 2018/2019