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):	305415 (v.3) Physics 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. 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
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

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