8462 (v.4) Scientific Data Acquisition 201

Area:

Department of Applied Physics

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

7904 (v.4) Scientific Data Acquisition 202 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. Integration, differentiation, clipping, squaring, trigger and vibrator circuits. Transducers - photocells, photo-voltaic, photodiodes, PIN, avalanche, CCDs and circuitry. Temperature measurement, thermo couples, temperature-dependent resistors - amplifier requirements. Strain gauges - uses,construction, bridges, gauge factors, load cells. Piezo-electric, pyro-electric transducers and ultrasonic applications. Accelerometers, frequency response and amplifier requirements. Differential transformers, capacitor transducers, salinity and humidity.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

010301 Physics

Funding Cluster:

08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External