EE-521 Instrumentation and Measurement

Instructor: Scott W. Teare, Professor of Electrical Engineering

Prerequisites: EE 308, 322, 341, or equivalent or consent of instructor

Catalog Description: Survey of various sensors and transducers for measuring physical quantities; measurement errors; analog and digital interfaces; sampling; quantization; actuators; and sensing devices in closed-loop control. Digital interfacing to the measurement devices for both experimentation and microprocessor control will be performed using a computer equipped with data acquisition hardware and software.

Reference Text: Practical Electronics for Optical Design and Engineering, Scott Teare, SPIE Press, 2016.

Classroom: WORKC 117

Lab Room: WORKC 116

Class Time: Tuesday 0930-1225 hrs

Laboratory Time: Open format Wednesdays 1800-2100 hrs.

Instructor's Overview: Become familiar with different sensors, signal conversion, performance issues and mitigation.

Computational Skills: Students will be required to write computer programs in MATLAB to solve mathematical equations, plot and analyze results for assignments and projects. Experience in circuit analysis and design software may be useful.

Course evaluation:

Assignments:	20%
Laboratory Reports:	30%
Project Presentation:	20%
Final Project Report:	30%

First Class: August 22, 2016

Last Class: December 2, 2016

Course Outline:

Updated: 8-10-16

All information subject to change.