Instrumentation for Electrical Test and Measurement
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Instrumentation for Electrical Test and Measurement
Course No. 164
(Course Outline shown below.)
For Whom Intended Engineers, aides and technicians. Some background in electronics is helpful but is not essential. The course will be tailored to student objectives.
Objectives To provide a basic understanding of electrical measurement systems. To alert the students to the many varieties of meters, 'scopes and transducers available, their operating principles, strengths and weaknesses. To give students enough applications information that they can select optimum meters, transducer, amplifier, recording and readout devices to assemble a system for routine measurements of electrical phenomena.
Brief Course Description Mainly lectures, supported by slides, transparencies, videotapes and sample hardware. Students are expected to participate in classroom discussions, as well as read text materials and class notes.
Course 164 presents basic information on selection, application, calibration and usage of modern measurement systems to measure electrical phenomena. The course emphasizes a non-mathematical approach to understanding concepts and mechanisms. A variety of measurands and device types is covered, as well as signal conditioning, recording and analysis.
Participants are encouraged to bring a specific measurement problem to class for use as a case study. The instructor will introduce one or more student problems (and/or a preselected case) on the first day. Each day's course material will further develop the case study. A solution will be given at the end.
Certificate Programs This course is required for TTi's Instrumentation Test Specialist (ITS) Certificate program. It may be used as an elective for any other TTi Certificate program.
Prerequisites There are no definite prerequisites, but participation in TTi's course Electronics for Non-Electronic Engineers or the equivalent would be helpful.
Text Each student will receive a course workbook, including most of the viewgraphs used in the course presentation.
Course Hours, Certificate and CEUs Open courses meet seven hours per day. Upcoming presentation dates can be found on our current open course schedule. Class hours/days for on-site courses can vary from 14-35 hours over 2-5 days as requested by our clients. Upon successful course completion, each participant receives a certificate of completion and one Continuing Education Unit (CEU) for every ten class hours.
Course Outline No. 164
- Introduction: Characteristics of Dynamic Measurements
- What Makes Data Dynamic?
- Types of dynamic data
- Periodic, transient and non periodic (random)
- Sine waves, frequency and phase
- The Language of Electrical Measurements
- Charge, Voltage, Current
- Electrical units
- Average, peak and root-mean-square values
- Digital measurement systems
- Noise
- decibels
- Parameters of Linear Systems
- Accuracy
- Calibration
- Precision
- Errors
- Simple Statistics of Measurement
- Accuracy and error assessment
- Performance testing and calibration
- Quantifying and minimizing measurement error
- Electrical Laboratory Practice
- Safety
- Grounds
- Circuit protection devices
- Input impedance, output impedance and loading
- Power transfer and impedance matching
- Analog DC and AC Meters
- DC and AC ammeters and voltmeters
- Analog multimeters
- How to use basic meters
- Meter errors
- Digital Electronic Meters
- Oscilloscopes
- Subsystems
- Probes
- How to operate
- Special-purpose
- Digital
- Time and Frequency Measurements
- Power and Energy Measurements
- Power in AC circuits
- Single-phase measurements
- Polyphase
- Higher frequencies
- Measurement of resistance
- Voltmeter-ammeter method
- Ohmmeters
- Wheatstone bridges
- Measurement of Capacitance, Inductance, Impedance
- Bridge circuits for measuring capacitance
- AC voltmeter measures capacitance, inductance
- DC and AC Signal Sources
- Batteries
- DC power supplies: How to use
- Oscillators
- Sweep-frequency generators
- Pulse generators
- Function generators
- Transducers
- Strain gauges
- Silicon Transducer Principles
- Piezoelectric
- Temperature transducers
- Interference Signals
- Capacitive interference
- Inductive interference, shielding
- Electromagnetic interference and shielding
- Ground loop interference
- Measurement Systems
- Signal conditioners
- Amplifier
- Integrating, differentiating and filters
- Digital Signal Processing
- Introduction to generating and processing digital data
- Introduction to digital analytical techniques
- Recording and readout devices
- Summary and overview
- Final Examination
- Award of Certificates for successful completion
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