Course detail
Sensors and Data Acquisition
FSI-GSE Acad. year: 2024/2025 Winter semester
Fundamentals of electrical quantities measurement, data processing. Sensors fundamentals, selection, utilization and characteristics of sensors: temperature, proximity, position, velocity and acceleration; force, torque, mass, pressure and flow. Selection of control systems, DAQ, signal conditioning, communication busses, SMART sensors and complex sensors systems.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
7
Supervisor
Entry knowledge
Theoretical knowledge of physics, fundamentals of electronics and algorithmization.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
Course credit award requirements: active participation in laboratories, elaboration and commit of laboratory reports. Examinations: written and oral, classified by ECTS.
Attendance at lectures is recommended, attendance at seminars is monitored. Maximally two absence are compensated by individual missing laboratory reports working out.
Aims
Theoretical fundamentals and practical know-how of applied sensors. Sensor applications are pointed to automation and mechatronics. Acquired knowledge enables students to integrate into teams dealing with implementation of advanced systems within interdisciplinary fields in engineering practice.
Measurement fundamentals, signal processing methods (DAQ) and sensors overview based on various physical principles and sensors applications in practice. Introduction to modern sensor trends, sensor fusion and integration, artificial intelligence methods.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-MET-P: Mechatronics, Master's, compulsory
Programme C-AKR-P: , Lifelong learning
specialization CZS: , elective
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hours, optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1. Introduction, basic terminology and general characteristic of sensors
2. Inputs and output of the digital systems
3. DAQ introduction
4. Temperature sensors
5. Opto-electrics sensors
6. Position sensors and detectors
7. Acceleration sensors and gyroscopes
8. Force, torque and mass sensors
9. Pressure sensors
10. Flow and level sensors
11-13. Communications protocols
Laboratory exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Syllabus
1-3. Introduction to LabVIEW and DAQ
4-6. Static characteristic of Aripot
7-9. Temperature sensing
10-12. Position and velocity measuremnt
13. Laboratory works finishing , credit