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Apr 16, 2024
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ME 3301 - Instrumentation2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This is a course in the modeling and selection of measurement devices and techniques in mechanical engineering design. Steady-state and transient sensor performance characteristics, signal processing, and data acquisition techniques will be introduced. (prereq: ME 1301 , ME 230 , and ME 2101 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the physical operating principles of common sensor technologies
- Know the characteristics and performance parameters of sensors
- Measure physical phenomenon with proper sensors
- Address sampling and quantization challenges
Prerequisites by Topic
- Basic circuits
- System dynamics
- Simulation with MATLAB and Simulink
Course Topics
- Measurement and uncertainty analysis
- 1st and 2nd - order response
- Data acquisition and A/D conversion
- Sampling and quantization effects
- Op-amps and signal conditioning (amplification and filtering)
- Digital filters
- Wheatstone Bridge
- Fast Fourier analysis
- Sensor calibration
- Measurement: current, voltage, temperature, velocity, acceleration, strain, and force
Laboratory Topics
- Density determination of a metal and propagation of error
- Introduction to instrumentation equipment
- Effects of sampling, A/D conversion, and digital filters
- Op-amps and signal conditioning
- Measurement of temperature
- Acceleration measurement
- FFT and the vibration of a marimba bar
- Encoders and angular velocity measurement
- Measurement of strain and force
Coordinator
Dr. Luis A. Rodriguez
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