Process Computers and Measurements
Course title: Process Computers and Measurements
Code: FEIT03Z009
Number of credits (ECTS): 6
Weekly number of classes: 3+1+1+0
Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: Passed: Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering 2
Course goals/Competences: Ability to develop process measurement systems supported by aplied industrial computers. Acquiring knowledge about the principles of operation, application and use of computer based measurement-information and measurement-control systems.
Total available number of classes: 180
Curriculum: Introduction to process measurements and process computers. Process computers, architectures and interfaces.
Virtual process measurement systems. Introduction and classification of the measurement senses and converters. Resistor, capacitive and inductive measurement senses.
Adjusting and processing of measurement signals. Sources of the errors in process measurement systems, electromagnetic interference, active and passive shielding. Voltage and current loops. Industrial communication protocols. Smart senses and MEMS. Materials and technology for production of smart senses.
Literature:
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Compulsory literature |
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Ramon Pallas-Areny, John G. Webster |
Sensors and Signal Conditioning, Second Edition |
John Wiley & Sons |
2001 |
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H.V.Malmstadt, C.G.Enke, S.R.Crouch |
Microcomputers and Electronic Instrumentation: Making the Right Connections |
American Chemical Society |
2004 |
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Robert H.Bishop |
Mechatronic Systems, Sensors and Actuators |
CRC Press |
2008 |
