NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA-8

B.Tech. End-Semester (Spring) Examination, 2021

SESSION: 2020 – 2021
B.TECH: 8th SEMESTER
SUBJECT: INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION (EC- 6302)…DEPT. CODE: EC
FULL MARKS: 50
This question paper contains ONE pages
Duration of Examination : 2 hours Answer ALL Questions
Figures at the right hand margin indicate marks.
All parts of a question should be answered at one place.
Q.No. Marks

1. (a) What is meant by data acquisition? Explain different components of generalized (7)
instrumentation system with the help of block diagram.

(b) PC bus based DAQ system. (7)

2. (a) Explain different types of data transfer methods from the buffer to the computer memory (7)
for further processing.

(b) Signal lines in GPIB. (7)

3. (a) What is the limitation of total bus cable length in GPIB system? Explain the ways by (7)
which this limitation can be overcome.

(b) OSI model. (7)

4. Network access methods. (8)