Engineering 5th semester syllabus of measurement and instrumentation - Electronics and communication Engineering syllabus

        MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION

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UNIT I         MEASUREMENT CONCEPTS & INDICATING EQUIPMENTS 9

Principles of operation and construction of PMMC – Static and dynamic characteristics – units and standards of measurements – error analysis – moving coil, moving iron meters – multi meters – True RMS meters – Bridge measurements – Maxwell, Kelvin, Hay, Schering, Anderson and Wien bridge-

-  Q  meters  –  Vector  meters  –distortion  meters-RF  voltage  and  power

measurements..

UNIT  II          VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION                                                    9

Introduction- block diagram of a virtual instrument- physical quantities and analog  interfaces-hardware and soft ware –user interface-advantages over conventional  instruments- architecture of a virtual instruments and its relation to the operating system-  overview of software-lab view- graphical user interface- controls and indicators-labels and  texts- data types- format- data flow programming-editing- debugging and running a virtual  instrument- graphical programming palettes and tools- front panel objects- functions and libraries.

UNIT III     FUNCTION GENERATORS & ANALYZERS                                  9

Function generators – RF signal generators – Sweep generators – Frequency  synthesizer – wave analyzer – Harmonic distortion analyzer – spectrum        analyzer-heterodyne                                       wave    analyzer-   frequency   counters-time interval measurement-measurement of voltage, current, phase and frequency using CRO-Special type of CRO.

UNIT IV           TRANSDUCERS                                                                             9

Classification  of  transducers-selecting  a  transducer  -strain  gauges- temperature  transducer-LVDT  Advantages  and  disadvantages-  capacitive transducers-Piezo          electric                                     transducers                      –optoelectronic    transducers    - Measurement of Pressure, Temperature, and velocity

UNIT V           MODERN MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES                              9

A/D &D/A converters-Elements of a digital data acquisition system – interfacing oftransducers – multiplexing – Use of recorders in digital systems- digital    recording       system-liquid                crystal           display-computer               controlled instrumentation – IEEE 488 bus – fiber optic measurements for power and system loss – optical time domains reflectometer.

TOTAL: 45

TEXT BOOKS:

1.  Ernest.o.Doeblin,     Dhanesh     N.Manik,      Measurement     Systems- Application and Design, 5th

Edition TMH, New Delhi, 2007.

2.  Albert    D.Helfrick    and    William    D.Cooper    –    Modern    Electronic

Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques, Prentice Hall of India,

2003.

3.  Garry.M.Johnson.,  LABVIEW    graphical   programming,  TMH,  New

Delhi, 1996. (II UNIT)

REFERENCES

4.  B.C  Nakara,  K.K  Chaudhry,  Instrumentation      Measurement  and

Analysis, 2nd edition TMH, NewDelhi, 2004.

5.  Sanjay    Gupta,    Virtual    Instrumentation,   LABVIEW,    TMH,    New

Delhi,2003.

6.  Joseph    J.Carr,     Elements    of     Electronics    Instrumentation    and

Measurement, Pearson education, 2003.

7.  Alan.  S.  Morris,  Principles  of  Measurements  and  Instrumentation, Prentice Hall of India, 2nd edition, 2003.

Built in Laboratory Component

1.  Introduction to Lab VIEW Programming (Creating, Editing anddebugging a VI )

2.  Programming Techniques in LabVIEW.

3.  Basic Concepts of Data Acquisition and Terminology.

4.  Signal Conditioning

5.  (i)Thermocouple Measurement

6.  (ii)Multiplexed and Parallel Measurement

7.  (iii)Vibration Measurement

8.  Analog Input, Analog Output, and Digital I/O based Data Acquisition