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Intrumentation and Measurements

Intrumentation and Measurements

Code	15092
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	PL(15H)/T(30H)/TP(15H)
Scientific area	Informatics, Automation and Control
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face.
Work placements	N/A.
Learning outcomes	The Curricular Unit (CU) Instrumentation and Measurement aims to provide students with fundamental concepts related to the science of metrology, foster the development of skills for planning and producing technical reports, delivering oral presentations, and acquiring competencies associated with experimental laboratory activities. By the end of this course, students should be able to: describe methods and techniques for assessing measurement quality; apply methods for measuring electrical quantities; understand the basic specifications of transducers used to measure the most important non-electrical quantities; identify the most relevant elements of the measurement chain; design basic measurement systems for specific applications; operate laboratory instrumentation effectively; Implement electrical circuits in a laboratory environment and analyse their performance.
Syllabus	1 – Measurement and Measurement Error 1.1 Measurement error 1.2 Measurement uncertainty 1.3 Standards and instrument calibration 2 – Measurement of Electrical Quantities 2.1 Measurement methods and instrumentation 2.2 Characterisation of electrical signals and general principles of detection 2.3 Methods for measuring current, voltage, and electrical resistance 3 – Measurement of Non-Electrical Quantities 3.1 General characteristics of transducers 3.2 Transducers for measuring non-electrical quantities 3.3 Analogue signal conditioning and termination 3.4 Measurement chain 3.5 A/D and D/A signal conversion 3.6 Instrumentation systems and “smart sensors
Main Bibliography	[A] Instrumentação Electrónica e Técnicas de Medição Aurélio Campilho Edições FEUP, 2.ª Edição – 2014, ISBN 9789727521630 [B] Pedro M. Ramos e Pedro Silva Girão, Instrumentação e Medidas, Lidel, janeiro de 2022, ISBN 9789897527715 . [B] VIM - Vocabulário Internacional de Metrologia; Instituto Português da Qualidade; (ed. 2012). [B] Georges Asch, Acquisition de donnés – du capteur à l’ordinateur ,Dunod , 3ª edição, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-10-056469-9 [B] Joseph J. Carr, Electronic Circuit Guidebook- Vol. 1 - Sensors , Prompt Publications , 1997, ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-0790610986 [B] T. W. Kerlin , Practical Thermocouple Thermometry , ISA - Instrument Society of America , 1999, ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-1556176449
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.