Electro Mechanical Measurement and Instruments
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The official GTU curriculum for Electro Mechanical Measurement and Instruments (subject code BE05020011) as prescribed for Mechatronics · Semester 5 divides the course into 7 units, covering 51 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE05020011)Unit 1 Introduction
- Introduction to Measurements and Instrumentation
- Applications of Measurement
- Significance of Measurements
- Standards of Measurements
- Methods of Measurements
- Modes of Measurements
- Classification of Instruments
- Basic Standards and Units
- Secondary and Working Standards
- Generalized Measurement Systems and its Functional Elements
- Input-Output Configurations of Measuring
Unit 2 Static & Dynamic Characteristics of Instrument and Errors in Measurements
- Static Characteristics of Instrument
- Calibration process of an Instrument
- Dynamic Characteristics of Instrument
- Standard Test Signals/Inputs
- First and Second Order Systems
- First Order System Responses
- Second Order System Responses
- Limiting Errors
- Types of Errors
- Sources of Errors
- Statistical Analysis of Test Data
- Application of Computers for Data Analysis
- Selecting an Instrument for Measurement
Unit 3 Force, Torque & Power Measurements
- Load Cells
- Elastic Force Transducer
- Mechanical Torsion Meter
- Optical Torsion Meter
- Strain Gauge Torsion Meter
- Electrical Torsion Meter
- Hydraulic and Electrical Dynamometry
Unit 4 Speed, Acceleration and Frequency Measurements
- Mechanical Tachometer
- Electrical Tachometer
- Contactless Electrical Tachometers
- Piezoelectric Accelerometer
- Seismic Acceleration
Unit 5 Principles of Operation of Electrical Instruments
- Permanent Magnet Moving Coil and Moving Iron type instruments
- DC Potentiometers and its applications
- Resistance measurement: Different methods for measurement of high
- low and medium resistance
- Basics of instrument transformers (current transformers and potential transformers)
Unit 6 Sensors and Transducers
- Resistance Strain Gauges
- Resistive Potentiometers and errors
- Thermocouples and Thermoelectric laws
- RTDs and Thermistors
- Piezoelectric Sensors and loading effects
- Inductive and Capacitive Transducers
- Signal conditioning of sensors
Unit 7 Digital Data Acquisition Systems
- Basic functional elements of Digital Data Acquisition Systems
- Introduction to Data Transmission and Telemetry
- Introduction to Digital Signal Processing