Information Package / Course Catalogue
Electrical Measurement and Instrumentation
Course Code: EEE562
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to teach fundamental and modern electrical measurement and instrumentation techniques.

Course Content

Measurement methods, errors, sensitivity, reliability, and safety concepts, sensor technologies and calibration of sensors, data acquisition techniques, fundamental noise suppression techniques, noise and signal processing, applications on measurement of some electrical, mechanical, and radioactive quantities, Data loggers and recording, displaying, and processing of measured signals, intelligent measurement systems and real time measurement (RTM).

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to measure physical quantities, such as displacement, velocity, acceleration, heat, time, radioactivity, etc., and analyze the errors during measurements
2.To be able to understand the fundamental measurement and instrumentation techniques
3.To learn calibration of sensors, instrumentation amplifiers, and noise suppression techniques and be able to design measurement devices for physical quantities
4.To learn Analog/Digital computers and Real Time Measurement (RTM) techniques regarding intelligent measurement systems
5.To be able to measure the fundamental electrical, mechanical, and radioactive quantities with gained knowledge on the instrumentation by RTM applications
Recommended or Required Reading
1.A. S Morris, Measurement and Instrumentation Principles, 3rd/e, Butterworth Hienemann, 2001.
2.D. A. Bell, Electronic Instrumentation and Measurements 2nd/e, Oxford Press, 2007.
3.S. Tumanski, Principle of Electrical Measurement, Taylor & Francis, 2006.
4.I. Gertsbakh, Measurement Theory for Engineers, Springer, 2010.
5.W. Bolton, “Electrical and Electronic Measurement and Testing”, Longman Scientific and Technical, 1992.
6.Lecture notes and lab instructions.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Fundamentals of measurement, physical quantities, error analysis; sensitivity, reliability, and safety concepts
Week 2 - Theoretical
Instrument types and performance characteristics
Week 3 - Theoretical
Measurement of electrical quantities
Week 4 - Theoretical
Sensor technologies, commonly used modern sensors and transducers
Week 5 - Theoretical
Instrumentation amplifier and applications
Week 6 - Theoretical
Measurement, noise and signal processing techniques
Week 7 - Theoretical
PLL (Phase Locked Loop) and noise suppression techniques
Week 8 - Theoretical
Midterm Exam
Week 9 - Theoretical
Analog/Digital computers and applications
Week 10 - Theoretical
Real time measurement techniques and Intelligent devices
Week 11 - Theoretical
Displaying, recording and processing of measurement data
Week 12 - Theoretical
Calibration of measuring sensors and devices
Week 13 - Theoretical
Measurement and instrumentation of physical quantities
Week 14 - Theoretical
Presentations of projects
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Assignment2%10
Term Assignment1%5
Project1%70
Midterm Examination1%15
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Assignment25316
Term Project110212
Project124226
Midterm Examination110212
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
OÇ-5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
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