Measurement and Instrumentation

Course Details
1. Course Title: Measurement and Instrumentation
2. Code: EEE 2211
3. Credit hours: 3.0
4. Level: Year 2, Semester 2
5. Faculty: Engineering
6. Department: Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
7. Programme: B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
8. Type of course (core/elective): Core
9. Prerequisite(s) (if any): N/A
10. Semester Offered: Spring, 2019
Objectives
The objectives of this course are to introduce students to the use
of various electrical/electronic instruments, their construction,
applications, principles of operation, standards and units of
measurements; understand the errors in measurements and their
rectification and provide students with opportunities to develop
basic skills in the design of electronic equipment.
Syllabus
• Introduction: Applications, functional elements of a measurement system and
classification of instruments.
• Measurement of Electrical Quantities: Current and voltage, power and energy
measurement. Current and potential transformer.
• Transducers: Mechanical, electrical and optical transducers.
• Measurement of Non-Electrical Quantities: Temperature, pressure, flow, level,
strain, force and torque, earthquake, speed, frequency, phase difference.
• Basic Elements of DC and AC Signal Conditioning: Instrumentation amplifier, noise
and source of noise, noise elimination compensation, function generation and
linearization, A/D and D/A converters, sample and hold circuits.
• Data Transmission and Telemetry: Methods of data transmission, DC/AC
telemetry system and digital data transmission. Recording and display devices.
Data acquisition system and microprocessor applications in instrumentation.
Week wise distribution of contents and assessment methods
WEEK CONTENT QUIZ/TEST
1 Applications, functional elements of a measurement system and classification of
instruments.
2 Resistance Measurement (Different Methods)
Class Test 1
3 Localization of Cable faults
4 Measurement of Inductance
Measurement of Capacitance
5 Instrumentation Amplifier
Precision Rectifier
 6 Measurement of Electrical Quantities: Galvanometer and PMMC type instruments Class Test 2
7 Moving Iron Type Instruments, Electrostatic instruments
8 Electrodynamometer Type Instruments
9 Instrument Transformer: Current Transformer, Potential Transformer
10 Transducer: Mechanical, Electrical
11 Transducer: Optical transducers Class Test 3
12 Measurement of Non-Electrical Quantities: Temperature, pressure, flow, level, strain, force,
torque etc.
13 Digital Meters, Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog Converter
14 Data transmission and Telemetry: Methods of data transmission, DC/AC telemetry,
Class Test 4
system and digital data transmission. Recording and display devices. Data acquisition
system and microprocessor applications in instrumentation.
Reference Books
1. A Course in Electrical and Electronic Measurements and
Instrumentation BY A. K. SAWHNEY
2. Operational Amplifiers and Linear Integrated Circuits BY ROBERT F.
COUGHLIN AND FRREDERICK F. DRISCOLL
3. Measurement and Instrumentation Principles BY Alan S. Morris.
4. Measurement and Instrumentation Theory and Application BY Alan S.
Morris and Reza Langari.
5. Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurement BY Robert-B-Northrop.
6. Modern Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques BY A.
D. HELFRICK, W.D. COOPER
Percentages of Assessment Methods

Method Percentage
Class Attendance 10
Quizzes + Assignments 20
Final Examination 70
• Best 3 out of 4 quiz marks will be counted.
• Assignment 1: You must write everything that are on the slides, written on the board and
tasks that are assigned to you during the class. After completing all the classes, you will
submit your notebook as assignment 1. [7*]
• Assignment 2: You will form a group of 5 students. Each group must write a review paper
on commonly used sensors in industries of Bangladesh. The paper must be in IEEE
conference format. Each group must present it within two weeks prior to the beginning
of PL. [13*]
Instructor Details
Name: Abidur Rahman
Room: 7C01
Phone: Extension 263
E-mail: abid.eee@aust.edu
Office hour: To be announced