EI2351 MODERN ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION L T P C3 0 0 3

AIM To provide adequate knowkedge in digital instruments, display devices and virtual instrumentation.OBJECTIVESi. To make the students to gain a clear knowledge of the basics of digital instruments andmeasurement techniques.ii. To have an adequate knowledge in various display and recording devices.iii. To have an elaborate study of communication standardsiv. To have a detailed study of virtual instrumentation and its applications.UNIT I DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS 9Digital voltmeters and multimeters –Microprocessor based DMM with auto ranging and selfdiagnostic features – Digital IC tester –Frequeny, period, time interval and pulse width measurement.UNIT II DISPLAY AND RECORDING DEVICES 9Cathode ray oscilloscope – General purpose and advanced types – Sampling and storage scopes – Wave analyzers – Signal and function generators – Distortion factor meter – Q meter – Seven segment and dot matrix display – X-Y recorders – Magnetic tape recorders – Digital recording and data loggers.UNIT III RS 232 AND RS 485 9Modern instrumentation and control systems – OSI model – EIA 232 Interface standard - EIA 485 Interface standard - EIA 422 Interface standard – 20 mA current loop – Serial Interface converters.UNIT IV VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION 9Virtual instrumentation – Definition, flexibility – Block diagram and architecture of virtual instruments– Virtual instruments versus traditional instruments – Review of software in virtual instrumentation -VI programming techniques – VI , sub VI,loops and charts ,arrays, clusters and graphs, case andsequence structures, formula nodes, string and file input / output.UNIT V DATA ACQUISITION CARDS 9DAQ cards for VI applications – Requirements – DAQ modules with serial communication – Design of digital voltmeters with transducer input – Design of ON/OFF controller for temperature control applications.TOTAL : 45 PERIODSTEXT BOOKS:1. Chris Nadovich, ‘Synthetic Instruments Concepts and Applications’, Elsevier, 2005.2. Rick Bitter, Taqi Mohiuddin and Matt Nawrocki, ‘Labview Advanced ProgrammingTechniques’, CRC Press, Second Edition, 2007.3. S. Gupta and J.P. Gupta, ‘PC interfacing for data acquisition and process Control’, second Edition, Instrument Society of America, 1994.4. Kalsi H.S., “Electronic Instrumentation”, Second Edition, Tata Mc Graw Hill Company,New Delhi, 2004.5. Sawhney A.K., “A course in Electrical and Electronic Measurement andInstrumentation”, Dhanpat Rai and sons, New Delhi, 2003.REFERENCES:1. Rahman Jamal and Herbert Picklik, LabVIEW – Applications and Solutions, National Instruments Release ISBN 0130964239.Rah2. William Buchanan ‘Computer Busses’, CRC Press, 2000.3. Rangan C.S., Sharma G.R., Mani V.S.V., “Instrumentation devices and Systems”, Tata Mc Graw Hill Company, New Delhi,.2002.4. Joseph J Carr, “Elements of Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement”, Third Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.5. David A. Bell, “Electronic Instrumentation and measurements”, Second Edition, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 2003.6. Gupta J.B., “A course in Electrical and Electronic Measurement and Instrumentation”, 12th Edition, Katson Publishing House, 2003.