DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Code :

Course Title : INSTRUMENTATION

Course Structure :

Course Coordinator :

Team of Instructors :

I. Course Overview:

This course is electrical based course dealing with measurements and

instrumentation designed for students in Physics Electronics, Electrical and
Electronics Engineering and allied disciplines. It is a theory course based on the
use of electrical instruments for measurements. The course deals with topics
such as Principle of measurements, Errors, Accuracy, Units of measurements
and electrical standards, Q- meters, Watt-meters, Digital voltmeters,
Temperature, flow, pressure etc physical parameters measurement.

II. Prerequisite(s):

Level Credits Periods / Week Prerequisites

Basic Electrical Technology

UG 3 4 Basic engineering
mathematics

III. Evaluation Scheme:

Duration
S.
Component Marks
No. (hours)

1 I Mid Examination 2 20

2 I Assignment 2 5

3 II Mid Examination 2 20

4 II Assignment 2 5

5 External Examination 3 75

IV. Course Objectives:

Measurement in one form or another is used regularly by all sorts of people in all
sorts of jobs. The primary emphasis of the subject is on the measurement of physical,
 mechanical and electrical variables encountered in experimental investigators and
industrial processes. Engineers in various engineering branches who have to get
themselves involved with measurements of these electrical and non-electrical
parameters by electrical transudation methods will find this material immensely
useful in their work. Similarly an instrumentation engineer working in a
continuous/batch process industry will be benefited with these concepts as
technology is shifting towards the implementation of electronic instruments in place
of pneumatic type which are being used earlier .the primary objective is to bring
these concepts within the reach of students (future engineers).

V. Course Outcomes:

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Identify electronics/ electrical instruments, their use, peculiar errors associated

with the Instruments and how to minimize such errors
2. Explain the industrial and laboratory applications of such instruments
3. Use various laboratory instruments like cathode ray oscilloscope, function
generators instruments without damaging them.
4. Be well grounded in their knowledge about various types of transducers, their
applications and how they can be used for design purposes

VI. Syllabus:

UNIT I
Characteristics of signals: Measuring system, performance
characteristics- static characteristics, dynamic characteristics; errors in
measurements- gross errors, systematic errors, statistical analysis of
random errors.
UNIT II
Signals and their representation: Standard test, periodic, aperiodic,
modulated signal, sampled data, pulse modulation and pulse code
modulation.
UNIT III
Oscilloscopes: CRT, block schematic of CRO, time base circuits, lissajous
figures, CRO probes-applications of CRO - Measurement of phase and
frequency, sampling oscilloscope analog and digital type
UNIT IV
Digital Voltmeters: Successive approximation, ramp, dual-slope
integration, continuous balance type- micro processor based ramp type
DVM, digital frequency meter- digital phase angle meter
UNIT V
Signal Analyzers: Wave Analyzers- frequency selective Analyzers,
heterodyne, application of wave analyzers- harmonic analyzers, total
harmonic distortion, spectrum Analyzers, basic spectrum Analyzers,
spectral displays, vector impedance meter, Q meter, peak reading and
RMS voltmeters.
UNIT VI
 Transducers: Definition of transducers, classification of transducers,
advantages of electric transducers, characteristics and choice of
transducers: principle operation of resistor, inductor, LVDT and
capacitor transducers; LVDT applications, strain gauge and its principle
of operation, gauge factor, thermistor, thermocouples, synchros, piezo
electric transducers, photovoltaic, photo conductive cells, photo diodes.
UNIT VII
Measurement of Electrical Quantities-I: Measurement of strain, gauge
sensitivity, displacement, velocity, angular velocity, acceleration, force,
torque.
UNIT VIII
Measurement of Electrical Quantities-II: Measurement of temperature,
pressure, vacuum, flow, liquid level.

VII. List of Text Books / References / Websites / Journals / Others

Text Books:

1. Transducers and Instrumentation by D.V.S Murthy, Prentice Hall of India

2. A course in Electrical and Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation -
A.K.Sawhney, Dhanpatrai & Co.

Reference Books:

1. Measurement Systems: Application and Design by D O Doeblin, TMH publications

2. Modern Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement techniques- by A.D.Helfrick
and W.D.Cooper, pearson/ prentice Hall of India.
3. Principals of Measurement & Instrumentations - by A.S. Morris, pearson/ prentice
Hall of India
4. Electronic instrumentation, second edition - H.S.Kalsi, Tata McGraw Hill, 2004.

VIII. Course plan:

Lecture Refere
Topics to be covered
No. nce
Introduction
1 T1, T2
Characteristics of signals: Measuring system
2 T2
performance characteristics- static characteristics :
3 T2
Accuracy, Precision, Resolution
dynamic characteristics: repeatability, reproducibility,
4 T2
fidelity, lag
dynamic characteristics: response of zero , first, second
5 T2
order instruments
errors in measurements
6 T2
gross errors
7 T2
8 systematic errors T1, T2
9 statistical analysis of random errors T1, T2
Signals and their representation
10 T1, T2
Standard test signal
11 T1
12 periodic, aperiodic signal T1
13 modulated signal: types of modulation T1
14 sampled data: sampling T2
15 pulse modulation and pulse code modulation T2
16 Oscilloscopes: CRT T2
17 block schematic of CRO T2
18 time base circuits T2
lissajous figures
19 T1,T2
CRO probes-applications of CRO
20 T2
21 Measurement of phase and frequency T2
22 sampling oscilloscope analog T1
23 sampling oscilloscope digital T1
24 Digital Voltmeters: Successive approximation T2
25 ramp, dual-slope integration DVM T2
26 continuous balance type DVM T2
27 micro processor based ramp type DVM T2
28 digital frequency meter- digital phase angle meter T2
29 Signal Analyzers: Wave Analyzers T2
frequency selective Analyzers, heterodyne Wave
30 T2
Analyzers
31 application of wave analyzers- harmonic analyzers T2
32 total harmonic distortion, spectrum Analyzers T2
33 basic spectrum Analyzers, spectral displays T2
34 vector impedance meter, Q meter T2
35 peak reading and RMS voltmeters T2
Transducers: Definition of transducers, classification of
36 T2
transducers
37 advantages of electric transducers, characteristics and
T2
choice of transducers
38 principle operation of resistor, inductor transducers T2
39 LVDT and capacitor transducers T2
40 strain gauge and its principle of operation, gauge factor T2
41 thermistor, thermocouples, synchros T2
 42 piezo electric transducers, photovoltaic transducers T2
43 photo conductive cells, photo diodes T2
44 Measurement of Electrical Quantities-I: Measurement of
T2
strain
45 gauge sensitivity T2
46 displacement measurement T2
47 Velocity measurement T2
48 angular velocity measurement T2
49 Acceleration measurement T2
50 force, torque measurement T2
51 Measurement of Electrical Quantities-II: Measurement of
T2
temperature
52 Pressure measurement T2
53 Vacuum measurement T2
54 Flow measurement T2
55 liquid level measurement T2
56-57 Revision of whole syllabus
58 Discussion of previous university question papers