UNIT 1:
Functional Elements of a Measuring Instrument
Functional Elements of a Measuring Instrument
Types of Measurement systems
Types and sources of Errors in measurements
Accuracy, Precision, Resolution, Sensitivity
Standards and calibration
UNIT 2:
UNIT 3:
Measurements of voltage, current: Moving coil and moving Iron instruments
Measurement of power, energy: Wattmeter, Energy meter
Magnetic measurements: Determination of B-H curve
Storage & Display Devices: CRT display
UNIT 4:
Classification and selection of Sensors
Classification and selection of Transducers
Displacement measurement: LVDT
Biomedical sensors – ECG,
Introduction to Smart sensors
UNIT 5:
Digital Voltmeters & multi-meters, Virtual Instrumentation
Advantages, Architecture of a virtual instrument,
data-flow techniques, graphical programming
Virtual Instruments versus Traditional Instruments
Virtual Instruments use in Engineering Applications