Subject Code: EE2L002  Subject Name: Transducers, Sensors and Measurement L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s):  Nil
Introduction: Components of a sensor, Types of sensors, Applications; Static characteristics: Static calibration, static error, correction, range, span, accuracy, precision, sensitivity, linearity, hysteresis, dead time, dead zone, resolution, loading effect; Errors: Types of errors, Random errors: mean, variance, Gaussian curve of errors, precision errors and precision index; Dynamic characteristics: Modelling a sensor, zero, first and second order systems; Primary sensing elements:  Stain gauge, variable capacitance transducer, variable inductance transducer (LVDT), optical sensors, piezoelectric transducers, hall effect transducer; Mechanical measurements: Measurement of force, pressure, flow, displacement, acceleration, velocity; Temperature measurement: RTD, thermistor and thermocouple; Signal conditioning circuit:  Amplifiers, Filters, Bridge circuits, A/D and D/A converters, Modern data acquisition systems.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. E. O. Doebelin, “Measurement System: Application and Design,” 5th Ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2003.
  2. D. Patranabis, “Principles of industrial instrumentation,” 2nd Ed.,Tata McGraw-Hill Education, 2001.
  3. A.K Sawhney, “Electrical and Electronics Measurements and Instrumentation,” 19th Ed., Dhanpat Rai & Co., 2011.