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Electrical and Electronic Measurements

Course Code :
EPR 364
Level :
Undergraduate
Course Hours :
3.00 Hours
Department :
Department of Electrical Engineering

Instructor information :

Area of Study :

 Develop the students' knowledge about Analog & Digital instruments and transducers.  Develop students’ practical skills for designing and building up a complete application circuit.  Train students to perform basic experiments on Analog & Digital instruments.

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Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Electrical and Electronic Measurements

Introduction to Units, Standards, and Measurements Errors. Electromechanical Instruments and DC meters. Resistance, Inductance and Capacitance measurements, DC/AC bridges. Digital Basic Instruments, Digital counters, A/D & D/A converters. Digital measuring instruments: digital multimeters and frequency meters. Cathode Ray Oscilloscopes and its applications in phase and frequency measurements, Digital Storage Oscilloscopes, Spectrum Analyzer. Electromechanical Transducers: Variable resistance, capacitance and inductance transducers, Strain Gauge, Linear Variable Differential Transformer. Temperature Transducers: The Thermocouple and the Thermistor. Light Transducers: The photoconductive cell and photodiode.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Electrical and Electronic Measurements

Course outcomes:

a. Knowledge and Understanding:

1-	Explain the analog multi-meters and its applications as well as the DC / AC bridges.
2-	Describe digital multi-meters, digital counters, and frequency meters.
3-	Explain the cathode ray oscilloscope and digital oscilloscope and its applications in different measurements.
4-	Illustrate signal generators and spectrum analyzers.
5-	Classify the electrical and electronic transducers according to its applications.

b. Intellectual Skills:

1-	Prepare a technical report.
2-	Apply different applications to analog and digital meters.
3-	Investigate the failure of the labs equipment and transducers.

c. Professional and Practical Skills:

1-	Follow up safety requirements at lab.
2-	Build experiments, and interpret their results using analog & digital measuring instruments and relevant laboratory equipment.
3-	Develop troubleshooting experiments using the laboratory tools in the course project.
4-	Practice main functions of analog & digital instruments and transducers.

d. General and Transferable Skills:

1-	Collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary team.
2-	Work coherently and successfully as a part of a team in the Lab and assignments.
3-	Effectively manage tasks, time, and resources during the project and lab experiments.

For further information :

Telephone: 16383 (16FUE)
E-mail: [email protected]

Electrical and Electronic Measurements

Course topics and contents:

Topic	No. of hours	Lecture	Tutorial/Practical
Electromechanical Instruments	5	3	2
Electromechanical Applications	5	3	2
Digital Basics	5	3	2
Digital Instruments and Frequency meters	10	6	4
Cathode Ray Oscilloscope	15	9	6
Digital Oscilloscope.	10	6	4
Function Generators & Spectrum Analyzers.	10	6	4
Review on Measurements Units & Errors.	5	3	2
Sensors & Transducers	10	6	4