Sensor and Instrumentation
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Sensor and Instrumentation Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Sensor and Instrumentation (subject code 3134103) as prescribed for Robotics · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 42 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 (3134103)Unit 1 Introduction
- Sensor classification
- Sensor characteristics: Transfer function
- dynamic impedance
- dynamic characteristics
- reliability, etc, Basics of Measurement
- Classification of errors
- Error analysis
- Static and dynamic characteristics of transducers
- Performance measures of sensors
- Sensor calibration techniques
- Sensor Output Signal Types
Unit 2 Physical Principles of Sensing
- Electric charges
- fields and potentials
- Piezoelectric effect
- pyroelectric effect
- Hall effects
- seeback and Peltier effects
- Sound waves
- Temperature and thermal properties of materials
- Heat transfer
Unit 3 Motion, proximity and ranging sensors
- Motion Sensors
- Accelerometer, GPS, Bluetooth
- Range Sensors
- RF beacons
- Ultrasonic Ranging
- Reflective beacons
- Laser Range Sensor (LIDAR)
Unit 4 Force, magnetic and heading sensors
- Strain Gage
- Load Cell
- Magnetic Sensors –types
- requirement and advantages: Magneto resistive – Hall Effect – Current sensor
- Heading Sensors – Compass
Unit 5 Optical, pressure and temperature sensors
- Photo conductive cell
- photo voltaic
- Photo resistive
- LDR – Fiber optic sensors – Pressure – Diaphragm
- Piezoelectric – Tactile sensors
- Temperature – IC, Thermistor, RTD, Thermocouple
- Acoustic Sensors- flow and level measurement
- Radiation Sensors - Smart Sensors - Film sensor
- MEMS & Nano Sensors
- LASER sensors. 7 Subject Code: 3134103 w.e.f
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