EE-307 Instrumentation and Measurement
EE-307 Instrumentation and Measurement
EE-307 Instrumentation and Measurement
Measurement
Course Instructor: Fawad Ahmed / Adeel Ahmad
• Design DC Voltmeter
• Design Temperature Meter
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Instrumentation and Measurement
Instrumentation is a collective term for measuring instruments that are
used for indicating, measuring and recording physical quantities.
(Wikipedia)
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Basic Block Diagram of a control system
Example: Human
Error Detector
Controller
Hands
Reference Input
[Desired location + - Error [Brain] Desired position of hands
to pick an object]
Feedback Element
(Sensor)
[Eyes]
Error Detector
Actuator/Power
Controller Plant / Process
Amplifiers/Condi
Reference Input
Desired Input + -Error [Analog / Digital]
tioners
[Fan / Room AC]
Output
[Desired Temperature]
Feedback Element
(Sensor)
[Temperature Sensor]
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Instruments Industry
•Oil and gas
•Mining
•Food & beverage
•Marine
•Automotive manufacturing
•Medical and medicine
•Space probes and astronomy
•Spectroscopy
•Semiconductor manufacturing
•Water/Waste Water
•Consumer appliances
•And several others 5
Industrial Instruments (Temperature Sensors)
Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD) Thermistor Thermocouple
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Industrial Instruments (Pressure)
Pressure Gauge Pressure Transmitter Pressure Switch
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Industrial Instruments (Level)
Level Gauge Level Transmitter Level Switch
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Industrial Instruments (Level)
Level Gauge Level Transmitter Level Switch
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Industrial Instruments (Viscosity and pH)
Viscosity Density Meter pH sensor
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Electrical Instrumentation
Moving Coil Instrument:
The instrument in which the coil rotates between the magnetic field of the
permanent magnet for measuring the DC such type of instrument is known as the
moving coil instrument. Such instruments are used for dc measurements only.
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Torque Equation for PMMC Instruments
Permanent Magnet Moving Coil (PMMC) D’Arsonval meter or galvanometer:
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Example PMMC
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PMMC Symbol
PMMC can be represented as
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Design a Voltmeter
A simple PMMC can only measure
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Design a Voltmeter
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Design a Voltmeter
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Multi-range Voltmeter
A PMMC instrument with FSD of 50µA and a coil resistance of 1700Ω is to be
Employed as a voltmeter with ranges 10V, 50V and 100V. Calculate the required
values of multiplier resistance for the circuits of figure (a) and figure (b)
R1
R2 R1 R2 R3
R3
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Multi-range Voltmeter
R1
R2
R3
Figure (a)
R1 R2 R3
Figure (b)
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