8462 (v.4) Scientific Data Acquisition 201

Area:

Department of Applied Physics

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

1745 (v.5) Physical Measurements 102 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Review AC/DC analysis. DC power supplies - Transformers. Rectification, filters, regulation. FET and FET amplifiers. Bipolar transistors. Op amps and applications. Comparators. Transducers and Systems - Pulse Shaping. Revision of integration, differentiation, clipping, squaring, Schimdt trigger. Multivibrator, '555' I.C. Transducers - Photocells, photo-voltaic, photodiodes, PIN, avalanche, CCDs, circuitry. Temperature measurement, thermo couples, temperature-dependent resistors- amplifier requirements. Strain gauges- uses, construction, bridges, gauge factors, load cells. Piezo-electric, pyro-electric transducers, ultrasonic applications. Geophones, frequency response, amplifier requirements. Differential transformers, capacitor transducers, salinity, humidity.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will have gained an introduction to a number of fundamental analogue circuits, they will have developed a robust problem solving technique suited to analogue circuits and become proficient in the use of a circuit simulator (Electronic Workbench).

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Malmstadt, H. V., Enke, C. G. and Crouch, S. R., 1981, 'Electronics and Instrumentation for Scientists', Benjamin Cummings Publishing Co., Reading. Savant, C. J., Roden, M. S. and Carpenter, G. L., 1987, Benjamin Cummings Publishing Co., California. Horowitz, P. and Hill, W., 1989, 'The Art of Electronics', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Unit Texts:

Scientific Data Acquisition 201 Laboratory Manual, Curtin Publications.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Assignments 20%. Laboratory Reports 40%. Final Examination 40%.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y