EE40243: Advanced instrumentation and sensors
 Academic Year: | 2019/0 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary:
| CW 25%, EX 75% |
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take EE30147 AND take EE40148
This unit is only available to students who have completed years 1 and 2 of an Electronic & Electrical Engineering programme or equivalent. |
| Description:
| Aims: To give students an understanding of the key parameters involved in defining typical electronic and electrical test strategies and their implementation. Examine test and measurement for conformance to standards and specifications and record keeping. Develop a knowledge of instrumentation function and accuracy, their influence on resultant measurement accuracy and new developments in this field. Develop knowledge of current and new sensors and sensor repeatability both during test and between samples of sensors. Examine the development of measurement procedures and progression with new instrumentation. Learning Outcomes: After completion, students should be able to determine the test and measurement procedure needed for electronic and electrical circuits and systems, and assess the instrumentation and test environment needed. Students should be able to understand the principle of operation and limitations of typical and novel test and instrumentation equipment. Skills: Students will learn the principles behind currently used and novel sensors, instrumentation equipment and measurement techniques. Students should be able to interpret industry standard documentation and specifications in order to implement a suitable test and measurement strategy. Taught, facilitated and assessed. Content: Principles of: voltage and current measurement, oscilloscopes, logic and signal analysers, DMMs and ADCs, power measurement, frequency measurement and spectral analysis, time and frequency measurement. Review of description and evaluation of measurement uncertainty and accuracy. Scalar and Vector measurement techniques. Limitations due to noise, distortion and interference. Measurement in noisy and other harsh environments, such as lock in and synchronous detection schemes. Margins and accuracy bounds in measurements. Imaging techniques. Sensors and sensor developments - types, properties and limitations for applications such as: Location and attitude measurement; velocity and acceleration; proximity sensing; temperature; pressure; humidity and aerosol particle content; optical receivers; radioactivity. Novel sensors, such as MEMs technology, 3D printing, flexible substrates. Test vectors and the span of the test vectors. Test environments. Traceability and certification in test and measurement. Calibration. |
| Programme availability: |
EE40243 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
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