ELEC 325: Instrumentation

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Class Program

Electricity

Engineering BAS

Credits

Lecture Hours 4 Lab Hours 2 Clinical Hours None

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

092605

Meets Degree Requirements For

Restricted Elective

Description

This course covers sensors, transducers, signal conditioning devices and computer-based instrumentation. Input/output (I/O) characteristics of sensors for pressure, distance, light, airflow, temperature, Hall effect and humidity are evaluated using data acquisition equipment and virtual instrumentation. Emphasis is placed on industrial applications, troubleshooting and determining I/O requirements to interface actuators such as AC, DC, stepper and servo motors to programmable logic controllers (PLCs).

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisite Courses

ELEC 226: Applied Circuit Analysis

ENGR 329: Mechatronics

Prerequisites

ELEC 226 and ENGR 329 or Instructor Permission

Course Learning Outcomes

Understand the principles of operation of commonly used sensors, transducers, and instrumentation system concepts.

Understand terminologies associated with instrumentation systems.

Understand instrumentation systems used in common industrial applications such as for measuring pressure, distance, light, airflow, and temperature.

Interpret technical specifications and selecting sensors and transducers, determining I/O requirements to interface actuators such as AC, DC, stepper and servo motors to programmable logic controllers (PLCs).

Develop computer-based instrumentation systems for industrial processes utilizing multiple sensors, interfaces, and data acquisition systems.

Core Topics

Introduction to instrumentation and control systems
Sensors, transducers and signal conditioning
Digital signals and digital logic
Data acquisition and presentation systems
Temperature measurement
Pressure measurement
Level and flow measurements
Position measurement
Gas, liquid, electrochemical and composition analyzers
Transmission and communication
Automatic controls and process dynamics
Multivariate control systems
Actuators and positioners
Instrumentation and controls industrial applications