ELEC 243: Electronic Measurement Systems |
| Home | Syllabus | Schedule | Material | The Lab | Reference |
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| Week | Lecture Topics |
Reading | Lab Topics |
(Friday) |
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| (1) Jan. 12-16 |
Instrumentation & Measurement.
Course structure & administration. Introduction to systems & signals. Review of circuits. |
K&I: Ch. 2, §8.3, §8.4, §8.7
Signals Represent Information Discrete-Time Signals | 0. Getting Ready | PS 0 |
| (2) Jan. 19-24 |
(Holiday: Jan. 19)
Systems & transfer functions; linearity & superposition; elemental signals; phasors and complex signals. |
K&I: 4.1-4.3
Introduction to Systems Simple Systems The Fundamental Signal Elemental Signals Background: The Complex Plane Exercises with Complex Numbers More Complex Numbers | 1. Basic Electrical Measurements | HW 1 |
| (3) Jan. 26-30 |
Signal composition & decomposition;
Exponential Fourier series; frequency response; representation of information. |
K&I: 4.13
Signal Decomposition Time &Frequency Domains Complex Fourier Series Derivation of the Fourier Transform | 2. AC Signals and Measurements |
HW 2
EX 2 |
| (4) Feb. 2-6 |
Introduction to LabView;
Sampling & aliasing; Analog-digital conversion. |
K&I: 8.5, 8.6.1
The Sampling Theorem Amplitude Quantization | 3. Computer Aided Measurements I |
HW 3
EX 3 |
| (5) Feb. 9-13 |
Dependent sources & active devices;
Operational amplifiers: basic models; principle of virtual null. |
K&I: 1.2.10, 9.1-9.6
Dependent Sources Operational Amplifiers | 4. Computer Aided Measurements II |
HW 4
EX 4 |
| (6) Feb. 16-20 |
Applications of operational amplifiers
and example circuits; real limitations; associated circuits. | K&I: 9.7-9.11 | 5. Op Amps I |
HW 5
EX 5 |
| (7) Feb. 23-27 |
Nonlinear devices: diodes: models and reality;
wave shaping circuits. Zener diodes and LEDs; digital logic & circuits . |
K&I: 10.5; 10.8-10.10; 14.1; 14.2
The Diode | 6. Op Amps II |
HW 6
EX 6 |
| (8) Mar. 2-6 |
(Spring Break)
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| (9) Mar. 9-13 |
AC steady state; impedance;
analyzing passive, linear circuits in the frequency domain. |
K&I: 4.1-4.5; 4.7-10
The Impedance Concept | 7. Op Amps III |
HW 7
EX 7 |
| (10) Mar. 16-20 |
Time & frequency domain calculations;
basic filter concepts and circuits, transfer functions again. |
K&I: 7.1-7.3
Transfer Functions Designing Transfer Functions | 8. Signal Processing I |
HW 8
EX 8 |
| (11) Mar. 23-27 |
Resonance. Bandpass filters.
Active filters. |
K&I: 7.4
Equivalent Circuits: Resistors and Sources Equivalent Circuits: Impedances and Sources | 9. Signal Processing II |
HW 9
EX 9 |
| (12) Mar. 30-Apr. 3 |
(Recess: Apr. 2-3)
Basic power concepts and calculations; equivalent circuits; impedance matching. Transformers. |
K&I: 5.1-5.7; 4.11-12; Ch. 6
Power in the Frequency Domain | 10. Design Project | |
| (13) Apr. 6-10 |
Binary signals;
gates, flip-flops, and counters. | K&I: Ch. 13 | Design Project. |
HW 10
EX 10 |
| (14) Apr. 13-17 |
Clocks and timers;
measurements of duration, rate, and quantity. | K&I: Ch. 14 | Design Project. |
HW 11
EX 11 |
| (15) Apr. 20-24 |
Special Topics & Techniques
in Signal Collection; Review |
Phase Locking Weak Signals Boxcar Averaging Moving Averages Median Filter I Median Filter II | Design Project. |
HW 12
EX 12 |
| (Finals) Apr. 29-May. 6 |