OS3SA - Sensors and Actuators
| Course specification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course title | Sensors and Actuators | |||
| Acronym | OS3SA | |||
| Study programme | Electrical Engineering and Computing | |||
| Module | Signals and Systems | |||
| Type of study | bachelor academic studies | |||
| Lecturer (for classes) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for practice) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for OTC) | ||||
| ESPB | 6.0 | Status | elective | |
| Condition | XX1OE1, XX1OE2, XX2EE ili XX2OE, XX2EM | |||
| The goal | Introduces basic principles of sensors and actuators, based on changing one form of energy to another. Present the basic principles of choosing the optimal energy conversion related with the adequate choice of sensors and actuators in industrial applications. Prepare students to work in a multi- disciplinary research. | |||
| The outcome | Students are prepared to apply sensors and actuators in industry | |||
| Contents | ||||
| Contents of lectures | Dynamic/static characteristics of the sensor. Potentiometers, strain gauges, capacitive and inductive transducers. Absolute and incremental encoders. The piezoelectric effect. Accelerometers, force sensors, torque, strain. Pressure sensors, flow, level, temperature. Actuators: electromagnetic, piezoelectric, pneumatic and hydraulic. Microelectronic sensors and actuators. Lab. exercises. | |||
| Contents of exercises | Eight laboratory works are divided into two cycles. | |||
| Literature | ||||
| ||||
| Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year | ||||
| Lectures | Exercises | OTC | Study and Research | Other classes |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Methods of teaching | 45 hours of lectures +15 hours of practical classes +15 hours of supervised laboratory classes. | |||
| Knowledge score (maximum points 100) | ||||
| Pre obligations | Points | Final exam | Points | |
| Activites during lectures | 0 | Test paper | 0 | |
| Practical lessons | 20 | Oral examination | 50 | |
| Projects | 0 | |||
| Colloquia | 30 | |||
| Seminars | 0 | |||