Single-Course Dansk 5 ECTS

Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation

Overall Course Objectives

To give a basic foundation in essential methods used in electronic measurements of physical quantities. Laboratory exercises will provide the student experience with a number of principles used to convert a physical parameter into an electrical signal and the first analogue processing of the often noisy signal.

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build and debug small electronic circuits
apply a digital oscilloscope and signal generator to perform and analyze laboratory measurements.
analyze a sensor and its front-end electronics in terms of sensitivity and linearity.
explain the principle of instrument and sensor calibration
select sensors for temperature measurements and apply these in small measurement systems
apply strain gauges and the principles of the Wheatstone bridge in small-scale measurement systems.
apply the piezoelectric effect in small measurement systems
select sensors for vibration measurements and apply these in small measurement systems
apply circuit blocks in small measurement systems.

The course covers instrumentation systems and selected sensors, such as thermistors and sensors based on resistive, inductive, capacitive, and piezoelectric effects. It also introduces electronic principles used to convert sensor signals into more practical analog signals.

The laboratory exercises provide students with practical experience in using a range of sensors and electronic components.

30015/34600/30032/10036/30400/34120, A basic understanding of electronic circuits and components as well as Matlab or Python.

Compulsory laboratory exercises.