UNIQUE SERIES AKTU Syllabus
BIC501

Instrumentation & Measurement

L-T-P3-1-0 Credits4 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Electronics & Instrumentation / Instrumentation & Control · Sem 5 (Core)

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Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1

8 hrs

Electrical Measurements: Measurement system, Characteristics of instruments, Methods of measurement, Errors in Measurement & Measurement standards, Measurement error combination, Review of indicating and integrating instruments: PMMC instrument, Galvanometer, DC ammeter, DC voltmeter, Series ohm meter.

Unit2

Unit 2: Electronic Instruments

8 hrs

Transistor voltmeter circuits, AC electronic voltmeter, current measurement with electronic instruments, probes, Digital voltmeter systems: Digital multimeter, digital frequency meter System, Oscilloscope Instrument calibration: Comparison method, digital multimeter as standard instrument, Calibration instrument.

Unit3

Unit 3: Measuring Methods

8 hrs

Voltmeter and Ammeter methods, Wheatstone bridge, Measurement of low, medium and high resistances, Insulation resistance measurement, AC bridges for inductance and capacitance measurement, Q meter.

Unit4

Unit 4: Electronic Measurements

8 hrs

Electronic instruments: Wattmeter & Energy meter. Time, Frequency and phase angle measurements using CRO; Storage oscilloscope, Spectrum & Wave analyzer, Digital counter, Frequency meter.

Unit5

Unit 5: Instrumentation

8 hrs

Transducers, classification & selection of transducers, strain gauges, Thermistors, Thermocouples, LVDT, Inductive & capacitive transducers, Piezoelectric and Hall-effect transducers, Measurement of motion, force, pressure, temperature, flow and liquid level. Concept of signal conditioning and data acquisition systems, Concept of smart sensors and virtual instrumentation.

Course Outcomes (COs)5 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Classify the Instrumentation and Measurement system and various measurement errors.
  2. CO2Analyze and design voltmeter circuits, AC electronic voltmeter, digital frequency meter and current measurement with electronic instruments.
  3. CO3Evaluate various resistance and impedance measuring methods using Bridges and Q-meter.
  4. CO4Analyze fundamental operation of CRO and some special type of oscilloscopes like DSO, Sampling oscilloscope.
  5. CO5Demonstrate calibration method to calibrate various instruments and classify transducers like for force, pressure, motion, temperature measurement etc.

Text Books

  1. A K Sawhney, “Electrical & Electronic Measurement & Instrument”, Dhanpat Rai & Sons, India (2015).
  2. BC Nakra & K. Chaudhary, “Instrumentation, Measurement and Analysis,” TMH, 2nd Edition (2009).

Reference Books

  1. WD Cooper, “Electronic Instrument & Measurement Technique”, Prentice Hall International (2001).
  2. E. O. Doebelin, “Measurements systems: Applications and Design”, 6th Edition, Tata McGraw Hil 2017.

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 7 of the original AKTU PDF.

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