BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, Pilani

Pilani Campus
First Semester 2019-2020
COURSE HANDOUT (Part II)
Date: 31/07/2019

In addition to Part I (General Handout for all courses appended to the Time Table), this portion gives further
specific details regarding the course.

Course No. : INSTR F311

Course Title : Electronic Instruments and Instrumentation Technology
Instructor In-charge : Sujan Yenuganti
Co-Instructor : Ankush Jahagirdar
Lab Instructor : Sankalp Paliwal, Suraj Baloda, Premsai Regalla

1. Scope and Objectives

The course aims to deal with the following:

 An introduction to measurement techniques and instrumentation design and operation

 The basic concept of units, measurement error and accuracy, the construction and design of
measuring devices and circuits, measuring instruments and their proper applications
 Instrument design aspects, techniques and specifications of electronic instruments
 Industrial Communication
 Instrumentation for typical industries

The course will consist of lectures, laboratory practice and lab assignments.

2. Prescribed Text Book

T1. M.M.S.Anand, Electronic Instruments & Instrumentation Technology, PHI, 2005.

Reference Books

R1. David A. bell, Electronic Instrumentation and Measurements, PHI, 2003.

R2. Albert D. Helfrick and William D. Cooper, Modern Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement
Techniques, Pearson, 2015.

3. Course Plan

Module Lecture Lecture topics Learning Outcome

no
1 Introduction 1-2 L1, L2 Introduction of Electronic Students will be able to understand the
Instruments and Instrumentation significance of Electronic Instruments and
Technology Instrumentation Technology
2. Analog 3-7 Permanent Magnet Moving Coil
Meters Meters

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DC Analog Meters Students will learn the working principle of
AC Analog Meters Permanent Magnet Moving Coil (PMMC)
meter, DC Analog meters, AC Analog Meters.
Electronic Analog Meters
Students will be able to understand the
working principles of Ammeter, Voltmeter,
Ohmmeter, Multimeter

3. Digital 8-11 Digital to Analog Converter Students will learn the concept of analog to
Meters digital converters and digital to analog
Analog to Digital Converter converters.
Students will be able to understand the
Digital Meters working principles of digital meters
4. Analog and 12-13 Analog Oscilloscope Students will be able to understand the
Digital building blocks and working principles of
Digital Oscilloscope
Oscilloscope analog and digital oscilloscope
5. Probes 14-15 Type of Probes Students will be able to identify different
Probe Loading and Measurement types of measurement probes, and learn the
effects of measurement probes on
measurements
6. Bridge 16-19 Direct Current Bridges Students will be able to design signal
Instruments Alternating Current Bridges conditioning circuits, different types of bridge
Application of Bridge Circuits instruments:
DC Bridge circuits, AC bridge circuits.
Students will be able to use bridge
instruments for signal conditioning
7. Recorders 20-21 Recorders Students will learn different data presentation
and Data Data loggers elements, display elements, recorders, data
Loggers loggers
8. Signal 22-24 Sinusoidal Signal Generator Students will learn methods of generating
Generators Non-sinusoidal Generator sinusoidal, non-sinusoidal and digital wave
forms, and will be able to design circuits to
Digital Signal Generator generate such waves
9. Signal 25-31 Distortion Students will learn the concept of distortion
Analyzers Distortion Measuring Instruments and noise. They will also learn different
techniques and different instruments to
analyze signals affected by distortion and
Distortion Measuring Instruments noise
Spectrum Analyzer
FFT Analyzer, Vector Analyzer
Logic Analyzer
32-33 Conventional Electronic Counter

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10. Electronic Reciprocal Electronic Counter, Students will learn designs and operations of
Counters Specifications of Electronic different electronic counters:
Counter conventional electronic counters,
reciprocal counter.
Students will be able to measure the
frequency and time period of signals using
counters.
11. Grounding 34-35 Grounding Students will understand the essence of
and Shielding grounding and shielding, and will be able to
Shielding use grounding and shielding techniques in
electronic instruments.

12.Industrial 36-38 OSI network model Students will learn OSI layers, Network
Communicatio Field bus and device network Models, Network
n Techniques Foundation field bus Topologies, Interface standards, IEEE 488
(GPIB), IEEE 488.1, IEEE
488.2, HS 488, HART, Token buses
and rings, Ethernet.

13. 39-40 Hazardous Area Classifications, Students will be able to classify different
Instrumentatio Intrinsically Safe Design hazardous areas, and will learn the approach
n in Hazardous of instrumentation in hazards areas
areas

4. Evaluation Scheme:
Evaluation
Weightage Duration Remarks
Component Date &Time
Mid Exam 25 % <TEST_1> 90 minutes Closed Book
Class quiz 10 % Lecture hours 20 minutes Closed Book
Lab 25 % To be decided ----- Closed Book / Open Book
Comprehensive 15 % <TEST_C> 1 hours Open Book
Examination 25 % 2 hours Closed Book
Total 100% ----- ------ -----

5. Laboratory Experiments

1) Study of bench instruments

2) Basic op-amp circuits
3) Temperature measurement using thermocouple, AD590 and LM35
4) Temperature measurement using RTD and Thermistor
5) Design of DC power supply
6) Electronic multimeter

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7) Speed control of DC motor using PWM method
8) Ultrasonic sensor and receiver

6. Chamber Consultation Hour: To be announced in the class.

7. Course Notices: All notices related to the course will be placed on Nalanda/EEE office notice board.

8. Make–up Examination: Make-up will be given on extremely genuine grounds only. Prior application
should be made for seeking the make- up examination.

After completing this course the students will be able to

1) Analyze the functionalities and operations of electronic measuring instruments

2) Operate electronic measuring instruments, such as, DSO, Multimeter, Ammeter, Function
generator
3) Have the knowledge of basic building blocks of electronic measuring instruments
4) Have the knowledge of using electronic measuring instruments efficiently

Instructor-in-charge
INSTR F311

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