COURSE TEMPLATE

1. Department: Department of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering

2. Course Name: Instrumentation and 3. Course Code 4. L-T-P 5. Credits

Measurements
ECL 320 2 02 3

6. Type of Course Programme Core Programme Elective Open Elective

(Check one):

7. Frequency of offering (check one): Odd Even Either semester Every semester

8. Brief Syllabus:Electromechanical instruments – moving, coil, moving iron, electrodynamics, electrostatic

instruments, current voltage and power measurements, induction type energy meter, Q-meter.Frequency& time
measurement: frequency measurements, period measurements, time interval measurement, universal counter,
Different types of transducers and their application, Signal Conditioning, Light emitting Diode, Liquid crystal
Display, Digital displays, general-purpose oscilloscopes

Total lecture, Tutorial and Practical Hours for this course (Take 14 teaching weeks per semester)

Lectures: 28 Tutorials: 0 Practicals: 28

9. Course Outcomes (COs)

Possible usefulness of this course after its completion i.e. how this course will be practically useful to him once
it is completed

CO 1 Specify the characteristics of instrumentation and measurement system.

CO 2 Categorize the measuring instruments with their applications

CO 3 Select and define various Transducers for different practical applications.
CO 4 Develop the various signal conditioning systems.
CO 5 Differentiate and explain indicating and recording systems and their applications.

10. UNIT WISE DETAILS No. of Units: __6__________

Unit Number: 1 No. of Lectures: 3 Title: Introduction

Generalized measurement system, Basic characteristics of measuring devices, accuracy, precision and ratings of
instruments, types of errors

Unit Number: 2 No. of Lectures: 4 Title: Analog Instruments

Electromechanical instruments – moving, coil, moving iron, electrodynamics, electrostatic instruments, current
voltage and power measurements, induction type energy meter, Q-meter.
Frequency & time measurement: frequency measurements, period measurements, time interval measurement,
universal counter.

Unit Number: 3 No. of Lectures: 6 Title: Transducers

Principles and classification of transducers- Resistive, Inductive, capacitive, guidelines for selection. Different types
of transducers and their application for displacement, strain, temperature, pressure, flow, level, humidity, Inverse
Transducer.
Unit Number: 4 No. of Lectures: 4 Title: Signal Conditioning
DC signal conditioning system, AC signal conditioning system, data acquisition and conversion system,
Instrumentation amplifier characteristics, Balanced modulator & demodulator, filters.

Unit Number: 5 No. of Lectures: 5 Title: Indicating And Recording Systems

Light emitting Diode, Liquid crystal Display, Digital displays, general-purpose oscilloscopes, sampling and digital
storage types, Recorders-analog recorders, graphic recorders, strip chart recorders, X-Y recorders, magnetic
recorders, digital recorders.

Unit Number: 6 No. of Lectures: 6 Title: Current Technology

Recent advances in Instrumentation and measurement, Virtual Instrumentation using LabVIEW.

11. Title of Lab. Manual, if applicable:Instrumentation and Measurements

12. Brief Description of Self-learning components by students (through books/resource material etc.):

Transducers and their application for biomedical measurement and Ph measurement.

13. Books Recommended :
Text Books:
1. A.K. Sawhney , “Electrical &Electronics measurements &instrumentation”Dhanpat Rai &Co, 10 th edition 2012.
2. Helfrick, Cooper,“Modern Electronic Instrumentation & Measurement Techniques”, PHI 5 th Edition, 2002.
Reference Books:
1. Nakra, Chaudhary, “Instrumentation Measurement and analysis” TMH, 2009.
2. Alan. S. Morris,“Principles of measurements &instrumentation” PHI 2 nd 2013.
3. H S Kalsi “Electronic Instrumentation”,TMH 3rd edition, 2012.