Measurement & Instrumentation
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Measurement & Instrumentation Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Measurement & Instrumentation (subject code 3132405) as prescribed for PE · Semester 3 divides the course into 7 units, covering 55 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 (3132405)Unit 1 Introduction
- Generalized instrument system
- Static characteristics of instruments like accuracy
- dead zone, etc
- Static errors
- Dynamic characteristics of instruments
- Concept of transducers
- Active and Passive transducers
Unit 2 Electrical Measuring Instruments
- Analog Meters
- Electromechanically meter movements
- Analog DC ammeters
- Analog DC voltmeters
- Analog AC ammeters and Voltmeters
- Analog multimeters
- Special purpose analog meters
- Use of basic meters
- meter errors
- Extending the range of meters
- Loading effects and their elimination
- true rms voltmeters
- Principle of DVM and Digital multimeter
- working of Current Transformer and Potential Transformer for 8 Subject Code: 3132405 w.e.f
- AY 2018-19 measurement
- Measurement of Power in AC-DC circuits
- single phase power measurements
- Poly- phase power and measurements
- Electrical energy measurements
Unit 3 Measurement of R, L and C
- Principles and methods of measurement of resistance
- inductance and capacitance
- working principle of LCR meter with block diagram
Unit 4 Measurement of other physical quantities
- Measurement of important physical quantities like temperature
- strain etc
- Working principle of transducer used for measurement of these quantities
Unit 5 Oscilloscope
- Oscilloscope subsystem
- Principle of Operation
- Display subsystem
- Oscilloscope probes
- Oscilloscope controls
- Front panel of an oscilloscope
- Lissajous patterns oscilloscope photography
- Digital storage oscilloscopes (DSO)
- Power scope
- Attenuation probes
- Time Measurements
- Frequency measurement using oscilloscope
Unit 6 Signal Conditioning
- Block diagram approach of signal conditioning
- modulation and demodulation
- Dynamic compensation
- DC and AC compensation system
- signal transmission etc.
- Digitization of analog signals
- Analog to digital conversion
- brief idea about methods of A/D conversion
- Sample and Hold circuit and its importance
Unit 7 Display Devices
- characteristics of digital display
- Digital display elements
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