ANNEXURE-I
Course Title of the Credits Course Pre-Requisite
No. Course Structure
EIECC12 Principles of 4 L-T-P EIECC08
Sensors and 3-0-2
Data Acquisition
COURSE OUTCOMES (CO)
After completing the course, the students should be able to:
CO1. Understand the detailed characterization of sensors
CO2. Understand fundamental principles of sensing technology
CO3. To elucidate sensors and signal conditioning circuits
CO4. To familiarize with different methods of Analog/Digital
conversion.
CO5. To identify the type of interface used for data
communications.
Unit Topics
Nos.
Unit 1 Sensor Characteristics and Principles of Measurement
Classification of sensors, transducers and actuators. Units of information and
measurement. Input and output characteristics: Transfer function, Impedance
matching, Range, Span, I/O Full scale and Resolution. Accuracy, errors and
repeatability. Sensitivity. Hysteresis, non-linearity, saturation. Frequency
response, response time and bandwidth. Calibration, Excitation, Deadband and
reliability.
Unit 2 Principles of Sensing
Capacitive sensors, piezoelectric effect, pyroelectric effect, photo electric
effect, photoconducting effect, photovoltaic effect, magneto-mechanical effect
(magnetostriction), magneto-resistive effect, thermoelectric effect, thermo-
resistive effect (RTD, thermistor) and semiconductor thermal sensors.
Unit 3 Signal Conditioning
Input signal conditioning - offset, scaling, loading, isolation. Wheatstone
bridge, common mode rejection ratio, Instrumentation amplifier, isolation
amplifiers, charge amplifier, integrator and differentiator, filters, comparators.
Unit 4 Analog/Digital converters
Digital quantities, data converters and parameters, DACs-weighted resistor,
ladder network, characteristics, sources of error, ADCs-integrating type-dual
ramp, charge balance, non-integrating type, successive approximation, flash
type.
Unit 5 Data Acquisition and Communication
Microprocessor/Microcontroller for data acquisition. Polling and Interrupt
driven data acquisition. 2-wire and 4-wire data transmission. Data transmission
protocols (USB, CAN, RS232, RS485, I2C, SPI, 1-wire). Data visualization.
IEEE-1451 smart transducer standard.
Text Books:
1. Jacob Fraden, Hand Book of Modern Sensors: physics, Designs and Applications,
2014, 3rd ed., Springer, USA.
Reference Books
1. Bentley, John P., Principles of Measurement Systems, 2005, 4thedition,
Pearson/Prentice Hall, India.
2. Jon. S. Wilson, Sensor Technology Hand Book, 2005, Elsevier Inc., USA.
3. John Park and Steve Mackay, Practical Data acquisition for Instrumentation and
Control, 2005, Newness publishers, USA.
List of Experiments
1. Study of the characteristics of Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD).
2. Study the signal conditioning circuit for RTD by varying the temperature.
3. Measuring resistance using Wheatstone bridge.
4. Analyse the output of instrumentation amplifier using IC 741.
5. Design an ADC circuit that converts analog input signals to corresponding binary
output values.
6. Design of some simple sensors.