MEI
MEI
LTPC
3003
AIM
To provide adequate knowkedge in digital instruments, display devices and virtual instrumentation.
OBJECTIVES
i. To make the students to gain a clear knowledge of the basics of digital instruments and
measurement techniques.
ii. To have an adequate knowledge in various display and recording devices.
iii. To have an elaborate study of communication standards
iv. To have a detailed study of virtual instrumentation and its applications.
UNIT I DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS
9
Digital voltmeters and multimeters Microprocessor based DMM with auto ranging and self
diagnostic features Digital IC tester Frequeny, period, time interval and pulse width measurement.
UNIT II DISPLAY AND RECORDING DEVICES
9
Cathode ray oscilloscope General purpose and advanced types Sampling and storage scopes Wave
analyzers Signal and function generators Distortion factor meter Q meter Seven segment and dot
matrix display X-Y recorders Magnetic tape recorders Digital recording and data loggers.
UNIT III RS 232 AND RS 485
9
Modern instrumentation and control systems OSI model EIA 232 Interface standard - EIA 485
Interface standard - EIA 422 Interface standard 20 mA current loop Serial Interface converters.
UNIT IV VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION
9
Virtual instrumentation Definition, flexibility Block diagram and architecture of virtual instruments
Virtual instruments versus traditional instruments Review of software in virtual instrumentation VI programming techniques VI , sub VI,loops and charts ,arrays, clusters and graphs, case and
sequence structures, formula nodes, string and file input / output.
UNIT V DATA ACQUISITION CARDS
9
DAQ cards for VI applications Requirements DAQ modules with serial communication Design of
digital voltmeters with transducer input Design of ON/OFF controller for temperature control
applications.
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:
1. Chris Nadovich, Synthetic Instruments Concepts and Applications, Elsevier, 2005.
2. Rick Bitter, Taqi Mohiuddin and Matt Nawrocki, Labview Advanced Programming
Techniques, CRC Press, Second Edition, 2007.
3. S. Gupta and J.P. Gupta, PC interfacing for data acquisition and process Control, second Edition,
Instrument Society of America, 1994.
4. Kalsi H.S., Electronic Instrumentation, Second Edition, Tata Mc Graw Hill Company,New Delhi, 2004.
5. Sawhney A.K., A course in Electrical and Electronic Measurement and
Instrumentation, Dhanpat Rai and sons, New Delhi, 2003.
REFERENCES:
1. Rahman Jamal and Herbert Picklik, LabVIEW Applications and Solutions, National Instruments
Release ISBN 0130964239.Rah
2. William Buchanan Computer Busses, CRC Press, 2000.
3. Rangan C.S., Sharma G.R., Mani V.S.V., Instrumentation devices and Systems, Tata Mc Graw Hill
Company, New Delhi,.2002.
4. Joseph J Carr, Elements of Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement, Third Edition, Pearson
Education, 2003.
5. David A. Bell, Electronic Instrumentation and measurements, Second Edition, Prentice Hall of India,
New Delhi, 2003.
6. Gupta J.B., A course in Electrical and Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation, 12th Edition,
Katson Publishing House, 2003.