| CODE | ESE4106 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Instrumentation and Data Acquisition Systems 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Electronic Systems Engineering | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | 1) Advanced active filters: Biquad Filters: Kerwin-Huelsman-Newcomb (KHN), Tow-Thomas (TT), Multiple-Feedback (MF), Antoniou gyrator, switched-capacitor filters, reconfigurable filters. 2) Error budgeting in instrumentation systems – consideration for component tolerances and limitations, noise, power supply ripple etc. 3) Industrial calibration: Fundamental concepts, confidence and traceability, best practices, ISO9000 considerations. 4) Data acquisition and instrument control using distributed embedded system data busses; Consumer industry: USB, IEEE1394 Firewire, CAN, MOD, FlexRay, Ethernet, IEEE488 GPIB; Safety Critical bus design: ARINC 429/629/664, VME/VXI busses and IMA concept. 5) Advanced event driven programming using National Instruments LabVIEW for high-speed acquisition, processing and storage of data. To include applications such as serial/parallel I/O, external counters and triggers, GPIB/Ethernet Instrument control and database interfacing. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to build on the know-how delivered in ESE3206 such that students are given the exposure to the design of large, industry oriented data acquisition and test system. This includes the design of advanced active filters, error budgeting and calibration of mixed-signal circuitry as well as graphical programming using LabVIEW as the industry standard data acquisition application. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) Describe the operation of various architectures of active filters and be capable of selecting appropriate components to achieve a particular filter response; 2) Have an appreciation on the problem of cascaded errors in mixed signal circuitry and be capable of estimating the effect of such errors on the overall accuracy of a circuit; 3) Have a good understanding and appreciation on the calibration procedure adopted in industry and and be capable of performing calibration of simple instruments; 4) Describe the differences between various data busses, describe their pros and cons and be capable of selecting one bus over another in the design of a distributed data acquisition system; 5) Read and understand complex LabVIEW algorithms. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1) Design, develop and test high order active filters; 2) Quantify the calibratable and non-calibratable errors in a circuit design and perform calibration of an instrument according to industry standard; 3) Design and develop practical test and measurement systems using LabVIEW to incorporate data acquisition across various data busses, application of signal processing algorithms and data presentation and storage. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: 1) Horowitz, P. and Hill, W., The Art of Electronics. Cambridge University Press. 2) Williams, A. and Taylor, F., Electronic Filter Design Handbook, McGraw-Hill Handbooks, (Hardback) 3) Whitaker, J., The Electronics Handbook, 2005 Additional Text: 4) Mihura, B., LabVIEW for Data Acquisition, Prentice Hall. 5) Travis, J., LabVIEW for Everyone: Graphical Programming Made Easy and Fun (3rd Edition), Prentice Hall NOTE: A pass in the Examination component is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Study-unit: ESE3207 Please note that a pass in the Project and the Examination components is obligatory for an overall pass mark to be awarded. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Practical and Project | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Evan Joe Dimech Brian Zammit (Co-ord.) |
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