MS1SP - Sensors and Actuators
| Course specification | ||||
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| Course title | Sensors and Actuators | |||
| Acronym | MS1SP | |||
| Study programme | Electrical Engineering and Computing | |||
| Module | Biomedical and Environmental Engineering | |||
| Type of study | master academic studies | |||
| Lecturer (for classes) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for practice) | ||||
| Lecturer/Associate (for OTC) | ||||
| ESPB | 6.0 | Status | elective | |
| Condition | No prerequisite | |||
| The goal | Introduction to principles and techniques of signal conversion among different energy domains. Signal processing, design and evaluation of measuring and control systems. Experimental work in laboratory and at selected sites. | |||
| The outcome | Application of sensor’s in future engineering work in the field of information exchange with surroundings including biological systems. | |||
| Contents | ||||
| Contents of lectures | Sensor classification. Signal processing in measurement systems. Sensor technology. Intelligent and integrated sensors. Microelectronic sensors for mechanical quantities. Thin-film optical sensors. Fiberoptic sensors. Chemical and biosensors. Sensors based on the oxidation and reduction reactions. Data acquisition systems. | |||
| Contents of exercises | Experimental work in laboratory and at selected sites. | |||
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| Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year | ||||
| Lectures | Exercises | OTC | Study and Research | Other classes |
| 3 | 2 | |||
| Methods of teaching | 45 hours of lectures and 20 hours of laboratory exercises + 10 hours of demonstration seminars and computer training. Colloquium. | |||
| Knowledge score (maximum points 100) | ||||
| Pre obligations | Points | Final exam | Points | |
| Activites during lectures | 0 | Test paper | 50 | |
| Practical lessons | 40 | Oral examination | 0 | |
| Projects | 0 | |||
| Colloquia | 10 | |||
| Seminars | 0 | |||

