ME 243 Electronics and Instrumentation Lab Final Exam Fall 2021

ME 243 Electronics and Instrumentation Lab

Final Exam (Fall 2021)
Name: ________________________________ Reg no: ______________

Part I: MCQS Allowed Time: 25 minutes

1. We want to measure frequency of a sine wave, which of the following instrument should we use

Oscilloscope Function Generator voltmeter Power Supply

2. Time constant of a series resistor capacitor circuit will be

C/R R/C RC 1/RC
3. Specify pin number of 8 pin IC pointed by arrow

7 1 4 6
4. Output of a/an ________ gate is high only if both of its inputs are same.
X-OR X-NOR NAND NOR
5. Name the circuit shown below:

Full wave rectifier Clamper Half wave rectifier H-bridge circuit

6. Output of a clamper circuit has different value of ___________ as compared to input signal.
Peak to peak frequency DC offset Both a and b
7. If Vin = 1V , Rf = 10 k ohm and RF = 5 k ohm, VCC+ = +12V and VCC- = -12V for the circuit shown
below, then Vout will be

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3V 2V -2V 0.5V
8. Beta is the ratio of ________ to Base current
Emitter current Source current Emitter voltage collector current
9. If someone wants to remove unwanted high frequency from a signal which filter will you refer
Low pass filter High pass filter Band stop filter Notch filter
10. For a certain signal, we allow frequencies from 10 kHz to 100 kHz which filter we should use
Low pass filter High pass filter Band stop filter Bandpass filter

11. Which type of sensor can be used to detect acceleration

Current sensor Strain gauge accelerometer Hall effect

sensor
12. If a signal that is shown below represents CW direction of a disc, pick one from options below
which best represents CCW direction.

Information is not
enough

13. The time period of an acceleration signal from spring mass system is 0.1 sec. Calculate its spring
stiffness if mass attach to spring is 100 g.
394 N/m 1000 N/m 100 N/m 248 N/m
14. LabVIEW software has following number of main panels or windows.
1 2 4 Depends on layout
15. Which type of sensor can be used to find force on an object.
Distance Sensor Strain Gauge Hall-effect Encoder
16. A thermocouple is heated from room temperature (25°C) to Boiling temperature (100°C) as
shown in figure below. What will be its approximate time constant?

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0.9 2.1 3 10
17. If a matrix “num” is having the following values
 −1 −6 10 
num =  
 8 4 3 
An if “num (: , 1)” command is entered in MATLAB what will be printed in command window
-1 −1 −1 −6 10 −1 −6
8 8 4
18. A sensor output “m” needs to be plotted against time “t” in MATLAB, which of the following
command will be used
figure(m,t) plot(t,m) plot(m,t) Plot(mt)
19. if stiffness of a spring with natural frequency ω is increase 4 times and mass is same, what will be
new natural frequency.
ω 2ω 4ω 8ω
20. Which one of the following is made from a combination of two metals
Thermistor Thermocouple RTD None of these

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Part – II Questions: Allowed Time: 35 minutes

Q1: A pressure sensor output is shown in table 1. Find a mapping equation and calculate pressure value
from that equation if output voltage is 4.25V. (3 marks)

Table 1.

Output Voltage (V) Pressure Value (KPA)

0 0
0.5 5
1 10
1.5 15
2 20
2.5 25

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Q2: Answer the questions given below based on the encoder as shown in figure below.

a) Is this incremental or absolute encoder?

b) What is the resolution of this encoder?
c) How many sensors are needed to be installed to get proper signal from this encoder?

(3 marks)

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Q 3: Define two matrices A and B of 3x3 in MATLAB. Using MATLAB (3 marks)

a) multiply them and save result in a variable C

b) Find determinant of C and save the result in variable D.

c) Plot first row of matrix A against second column of matrix B

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Q4: Design a circuit using resistors and operational amplifier (Op-Amp) which performs following
operation:

𝑉𝑂𝑈𝑇 = −(𝑉1 + 𝑉2 )
Where V1 and V2 can be of any value. (3 mark)

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Q5: Plot output of following circuit: (3 marks)

Use Following Scale:

Vertical sensitivity: 1 volts/division Horizontal sensitivity: 0.1 millisec/division

If you use some other scale specify it clearly.

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