SENSORS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING and SENSORS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING LABORATORY - Syllabus

EC3303          SENSORS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING                                                            
UNIT I              SCIENCE OF MEASUREMENT                                                  9
Units and Standards – Calibration techniques –Errors in Measurements – Generalized Measurement System – Static and dynamic characteristics of transducers – Generalized Performance of Zero Order and First Order Systems - Response of transducers to different time varying inputs – Classification of transducers

UNIT II          MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS                                                       9
Temperature: Filled thermometer – Bimetallic thermometer – monometers – elastic transducers – bourdon gauge – bellows – diaphragm. Vacuum: McLeod gauge, thermal conductivity gauge – Ionization gauge, flow measurement: orifice, venture, nozzle, pilot tube, turbine flow meter, hot wire anemometer.

UNIT III        ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS                                                         9
Resistive transducers – Potentiometer– RTD – Thermistor – Thermocouple – Strain gauges – use in displacement, temperature, force measurement – Inductive transducer – LVDT – RVDT – use in displacement – Capacitive transducer – Piezo electric transducer – Digital displacement  transducers.

UNIT IV        SMART SENSORS                                                                                     9
Radiation Sensors - Smart Sensors - Film sensor, MEMS & Nano Sensors – applications -  Automobile, Aerospace, Home appliances, Manufacturing, Medical diagnostics, Environmental monitoring.

UNIT V          SIGNAL CONDITIONING AND DATA ACQUISITION                     9
Amplification – Filtering – Sample and Hold circuits –Data Acquisition: Single channel and multi channel data acquisition – Data logging.

TOTAL = 45 PERIODS

REFERENCES
1. E. O. Doebelin, ‘Measurement Systems – Applications and Design ‘, Tata McGraw Hill, edition 1992.
2. A. K. Sawhney, ‘ A course in Electrical and Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation’, Dhanpat Rai and Co (P) Ltd, 2004.
3. Beckwith, Marangoni and Lienhard, ‘Mechanical Measurements’, Addison – Wesley, 5th Edition, 2000.
4. D. Roy Choudry, Sheil Jain, ‘ Linear Integrated Circuits’, New Age International Pvt. Ltd., 2000.
5. Patranabis. D, “Sensors and Transducers”, 2nd edition PHI, New Delhi, 2003.



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LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

1. Measurement of temperature using thermocouple, thermistor and RTD
2. Measurement of displacement using POT, LVDT & Capacitive transducer
3. Torque measurement using torque measuring devices
4. Strain Measurement using strain gauge
5. Servomotor position control using photo electric pickup
6. Wave Shaping circuit
7. Analog to Digital Converters
8. Digital Comparator
9. Voltage to frequency converter
10. Frequency to Voltage Converter
11. Position and velocity measurement using encoders
12. Study on the application of data acquisition system for industrial purposes
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS



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