EEE2004 Measurement and Instrumentation

LTPJC
Pre-requisite: EEE1002 20 043
Objective:
To provide basic understanding of electrical and electronic measurement systems.
To give a thorough knowledge of varieties of measuring instruments, its operating principles,
and limitations.
To provide basic understanding of data acquisition systems and virtual instrumentation

Expected Outcomes:
Understand the basic concepts and working principle of electrical and electronic
Instrumentation systems.
Able to develop a Virtual Instrumentation through LabVIEW software.

Module Topics L Hrs SLO

1 Introduction: Functional elements of an instrument , Static and
dynamic characteristics of zero and first order instruments ,
sources of Errors in measurement, Techniques for reducing 1,5,7,
5
error, loading effect of instruments ,Statistical evaluation of 9
measurement data.

2 Electrical and Electronic Instruments: Classification of

instruments, Working Principle of potentiometer, Design of
analog voltmeter, ammeter using PMMC and MI and its loading 1,5,7,
5
effect. Principle of working power factor meter Single phase 9
wattmeter, analog energy meter, Use of Instrument transformers.

3 D.C & A.C bridges: Design of deflection bridges - Wheatstone

bridge, Kelvin bridge, Kelvin double bridge and their merits and
3 1,9
demerits.

4 A.C bridges: Maxwell bridge, Anderson bridge, Schering Bridge,

Wien Bridge and their Merits and Demerits. 2 1,9

5 Transducers and Display devices: Classification of

transducers Selection of transducers Resistive, capacitive &
inductive transducers Piezoelectric and digital transducers. 6 1,6
Working principle and specifications of the Analog CRO and
digital CRO, LED and LCD.

6 Digital Instruments: Comparison of analog and digital

techniques digital voltmeter multimeters energymeter -
frequency counters measurement of frequency and time
interval extension of frequency range Automation in digital
4 2,17
instruments, Automatic polarity indication, automatic ranging,
automatic zeroing, fully automatic digital instruments, Computer
controlled test systems, Virtual instruments.

7 Data acquisition using Lab-VIEW: Elements of digital data

acquisition system interfacing of transducersmultiplexing data 3 2,17
loggers computer controlled instrumentation IEEE 488 bus -
 DAQ cards and accessories, NI ELVIS, Data Acquisition with
LabVIEW-Interfacing a sensor to LabVIEW-Interfacing an
actuator to LabVIEW.
8 Recent Advances in Measurement System 2

Total Lecture Hours

# Mode: Flipped Class Room, [Lecture to be videotaped], Use of physical 30
and computer models to lecture, Visit to Industry, Min of 2 lectures by
industry experts
Project 60 5, 8,
# Generally a team project [5 to 10 members] [Non 17,
# Down to earth application and innovative idea should have been Contact 18,
attempted hrs]
# Report in Digital format with all drawings using software package to be
submitted.
# Assessment on a continuous basis with a min of 3 reviews.
TextBooks
1. E.O. Doebelin, Measurement Systems Application and Design, 5th /e, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Company, 2012.
Reference Books
1. D.V.S. Moorthy, Transducers and Instrumentation, 2nd /e, Prentice Hall of India Pvt Ltd,
2010.
2. Gary W. Johnson, Richard Jenning, LabVIEW Graphical Programming, 4th /e, Tata
McGraw Hill, New York, 2006.
3. Golding E.W and Widdis F.G., Electrical Measurements and Measuring Instruments, Fifth
Edition, AH Wheeler and Co., New Delhi, 1993.
4. H.S. Kalsi, Electronic Instrumentation, 3rd /e, Tata McGraw Hill, 2012.
5. James W. Dally, William F. Riley, Kenneth G. McConnell, Instrumentation for Engineering
Measurements, 2nd Edition, John Wiley, 2003.