Instrumentation and Measurement

Basic analysis of electrical circuits.

The subjects are explained in detail in theoretical classes where theoretical and practical exercises for applying the acquired knowledge are also solved.

In laboratory hours, the students apply in practice the knowledge acquired in theoretical classes, through electronic assemblies and LabView programming carried out by the students themselves under the guidance of the teacher, preparing a report for each class that includes a questionnaire.

Know the working principle of the different elements of an nstrumentation system.
Know the main features, applications and limitations of Operational Amplifiers.
Know the different types of Digital/Analog and Analog/Digital converters and their main characteristics.
Know the main principles of transduction.
Understand sigal conversion principles, conditioning systems and Data Acquisition Systems.
Develop small applications in Virtual Instrumentation.
Understand intereferences in measurement systems, their causes and solutions.

Skills:
Understand the working principle of different elements of an instrumentation system.
Understand the main features, applications and limitations of Operational Amplifiers.
Understand the principles of Digital/Analog and Analog/Digital conversion.
Understand the main principles of transduction.
Understand signal conversion principles and techniques.
Understand interferences in measurement systems and its solutions.

Introduction to Instrumentation.

Operational Amplifiers: Basic Circuits, characteristics, applications and limitations. Instrumentation amplifiers.

Digital/Analog and Analog/Digital Converters.

General characteristics and operation of the main Measurement Transducers.

Introduction to Signal Acquisition, Conditioning and Conversion Systems.

Virtual Instrumentation – Principles of LabVIEW programming. Interferences in measurement systems: causes and solutions.

NAO

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FRAILE MORA, Jesus, GARCIA GUTIÉRREZ, Pedro Ángel, FRAILE ARDANUY, Jesús (2013). Instrumentación aplicada a la inginieria (3ª ed). Madrid: GARCETA grupo editorial. 1-6-338 (ISEC).

Helfrick, Albert D., Cooper, William D. (1990). Instrumentação electrônica moderna e técnicas de medição. Rio de Janeiro: Prentice-Hall. 1-1-204 (ISEC).