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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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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.

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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.


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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

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Electrical and Electronic Measurements

Teaching And Learning Methodologies:

Teaching and learning methods
Interactive Lecture
Discussion
Problem Solving
Experimental Learning
Cooperative Learning
Project

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Electrical and Electronic Measurements

Course Assessment :

Methods of assessment Relative weight % Week No. Assess What
Assignments 5.00
Final Exam 40.00
Lab and Project 15.00
Mid- Term II 15.00
Mid-Term I 15.00
Quizzes 10.00

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Books:

Book Author Publisher

Recommended books :

Sabrie Soloman, “Sensors Handbook” – Mc GrawHill, 2nd Ed, 2010.

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