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Introduction to Electronics Measurement and Instrumentation:

Transducers and
sensors- Static and Dynamic Characteristics
Static characteristics: Accuracy, repeatability, reproducibility, range/span, linearity,
threshold, sensitivity, resolution, hysteresis, precision, drift etc.
Dynamic characteristics: Speed of response, settling time, fidelity, lag etc.
Errors: Types of errors, statistical analysis, probability of errors, limiting errors,
performance measures of sensors
Classification of sensors, Sensor calibration techniques

Motion, Proximity And Ranging Sensors:

Motion Sensors – Potentiometers, Resolver,
Encoders – Optical, LVDT – RVDT, Accelerometer, Proximity Sensors – Magnetic,
Inductive, Capacitive, Optical, Range Sensors – RF beacons, Ultrasonic Ranging,
Reflective beacons, Laser Range Sensor (LIDAR).

Pressure, Force, Displacement And Weight Measurement, Magnetic Sensor:

Capacitive and inductive transducers, Piezo-electric sensors, Tactile sensor, Strain Gage,
Load Cell, Magnetic Sensors –types, principle, requirement and advantages: Magneto
resistive – Hall Effect – Current sensor

Flow Measurement, Power Measurement, Optical Sensors:

Flow Measurement –
Magnetic and ultrasonic flow meter, Power Measurement – Electrodynamometer type of
wattmeter and power factor meter, Single-phase induction and Electronic energy meters,
Optical Sensors – Photo conductive cell, photo voltaic, Photo resistive, IR sensor, LDR,Fiber optic sensors

Special Sensors:

GPS, Bluetooth, Smart Sensors – Film sensor, MEMS & Nano Sensors,
LASER sensors. Touch screen sensor, Heading Sensors – Compass, Gyroscope,
Inclinometers, Applications of sensors in drone

Analog Signal Conditioning:

Signal conditioning, Loading effects, Bridges for
measurement techniques, Wheatstone, Wein, Kelvin’s, Maxwell bridge and Hey bridge,
Applications of Attenuators, Amplifiers and Passive filters in signal conditioning, Op-amp
based signal conditioning circuits, Inverting and Non-Inverting Amplifiers, Linearization,
Differential amplifiers and Instrumentation amplifiers.

Digital Signal Conditioning:

Digital measuring techniques, Sample and Hold Circuits,

Comparator, Buffers, D/A Conversion and A/D Conversion, Weighted Resistor DAC, R-
2R ladder DAC, Dual Slope, Parallel-comparator Successive Approximation ADC

techniques, Single channel and multi-channel Data Acquisition System (DAS).