EI3462 Sensors and Signal Conditioning Circuits Laboratory Syllabus:

EI3462 Sensors and Signal Conditioning Circuits Laboratory Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To make the students aware of basic concepts of measurement and operation of different types of transducers.
 To make the students conscious about static and dynamic characteristics of different types of transducer.
 To make the students study on the design of signal conditioning circuit for different transducers.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

1. Determination of Static and Dynamic characteristics of Thermocouple (J,K,E) with and without thermo-well.
2. Determination of Static and Dynamic characteristics of RTD and Thermistor.
3. Determination of Characteristics of linear displacement transducers (LVDT and Hall Effect sensor).
4. Determination of Characteristics of angular displacement transducers (Synchros and Capacitive transducer).
5. Determination of Characteristic study of load cell and pressure cell.
6. Sensitivity analysis of strain gauge bridges (quarter, half and full).
7. a. Determination of Static characteristic of flapper-nozzle system
b. Loading effect on resistive potentiometer.
8. Determination of Characteristic of seismic type accelerometer.
9. Measurement of inductance (Anderson), capacitance (Schering) and resistance (Kelvin double) using bridges.
10. Design of signal conditioning circuits for resistive & capacitive sensors
11. Design of signal conditioning circuits for inductive sensors
12. Design of cold junction compensation for Thermocouples and lead wire compensation schemes for RTD

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

CO1 Ability to perform error analysis and uncertainty analysis.
CO2 Ability to evaluate the static and dynamic characteristics of measuring instruments.
CO3 Ability to design and construct measurement systems using different types of resistance, capacitance and inductance transducers.
CO4 Ability to apply special transducers for measurement applications.
CO5 Ability to interface and analyze different signal conditioning units.
CO6 Ability to present the results in oral form as well as in written form as a report and graph.