Instrumentation Course Outline
Instrumentation Course Outline
Unit 1: Introduction
Measurement and error: Generalized Measurement System, Accuracy and Precision,
Significant Figures, Types of Errors, Statistical Analysis, Probability of Errors, Limiting
Errors, etc. Static and Dynamic characteristics of instruments, threshold, resolution, input
& output impedance, loading effects, fundamentals of measurements, calibration of
instruments
Unit 2: Analog /Electromechanical Indicating Instruments
DC galvanometer, PMMC and Moving Iron instruments, voltmeters, ammeters,
Ohmmeters, wattmeters, energy meters, multimeters and extension of range of
instruments. AC indicating instruments, DC Potentiometers, self-balancing
potentiometers.
Unit 3: Bridge Circuits
DC bridges: Wheatstone bridge and Kelvin Bridge design, bridge sensitivity, errors in
Bridge circuits, null type and deflection type bridges, current sensitive and voltage
sensitive bridges, applications of DC bridges
AC bridges: Maxwell bridge, Hey bridge, Schering bridge, Wein bridge, storage and
dissipation factor, applications of AC bridges
Unit 4: Digital Instruments
Digital Multimeter, Kilo Watt Hour meter, Phase meter, Digital Tachometer,
Ultrasonic Distance meter, Digital Thermometer,
Unit 5: Oscilloscope
General purpose oscilloscope, construction, front panel controls, deflection sensitivity,
dual trace CRO, measurement of electrical parameters like voltage, current, frequency,
phase, Z-modulation, Digital Storage Oscilloscope
Unit 6: Recording Instruments and Waveform Generation
Principle and working of strip chart and X-Y recorders, multichannel recorders
Waveform generation methods, Function generator, Virtual Instrumentation
Unit 7: Transducers
Displacement transducers, temperature measurements, photosensitive devices