Principles Of Electronic Instrumentation Diefenderfer Pdf

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Theaim of this course is to give students a practical introduction to modern electronic circuits. It consists of three weekly lectures where the theory and principles of electronic circuits will be discussed, and a three hour lab where students will get some hands-on experience with electronic circuits and a variety of instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, pulsers, power supplies and digital multimeters. The topics covered in the course will start with simple DC circuits and end in microcontrollers. In between we will study AC circuits, filters, diodes, bipolar transistors, FET's, operational amplifiers and a variety of digital circuits including Arduino devices. Where possible we will make use of computer programs such as LabView in the data acquisition.

The laboratory part of the course consists of a series of experiments that students will perform working alone. Students will need to purchase a lab notebook into which they will enter all relevant information associated with an experiment. The laboratory exercises will be performed during 2h 50min lab periods. The data entered into the notebook will be left with a laboratory instructor, for grading. No formal write up will be required, but students are cautioned to enter all relevant data and explanations clearly and succinctly so that the grader can easily follow the work done. No erasures or page removal is allowed. (This follows standards for maintaining lab notebooks within research practice.) If an error is made, it should be neatly crossed out and the corrected data re-entered. In general, there are no make-up labs (rare exceptions can be made with advance notice).

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Because this course can partially fulfill the Tier II Writing requirement for physics majors, there will be a 5-10 page research paper written as a journal article due near the end of the semester. Your score on the research paper will weight 8% in the final grade.

Below is a reference grading scale based the courses taught in the past. The final grades may be (slightly) curved in your favor to reflect the harshness and the potential differences in the grading across the sections.

Late Assignment Policy:

If an emergency arises and you cannot submit your homework, or paper on or before the scheduled due date, you MUST inform your instructor and obtain approval NO LESS than 24 HOURS BEFORE the scheduled date/time.

University Writing Center:

The Writing Center (WCMSU) is a free resource for MSU undergraduates and graduates. At the WCMSU, a trained writing consultant will work individually with you on anything you're writing (in or out of class), at any point in the writing process from brainstorming to editing. For more information or to make an appointment, visit the WCMSU website at

Professionalism Policy:

Per university policy and classroom etiquette; mobile phones, iPods, etc. must be silenced during all classroom and lab lectures. Those not heeding this rule will be asked to leave the classroom/lab immediately so as to not disrupt the learning environment. Please arrive on time for all class meetings. Students who habitually disturb the class by talking, arriving late, etc., and have been warned may suffer a reduction in their final class grade.

Disability Access:

Students with disabilities who need accommodations in this course must contact the professor at the beginning of the semester to discuss needed accommodations. No accommodations will be provided until the student has met with the professor to request accommodations. Students who need accommodations must be registered with the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD) at MSU, before requesting accommodations from the professor.

Academic Conduct Policy:

Academic dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated.

Academic dishonesty at Michigan State University is defined by the General Student Regulations ( ) as conduct that violates the fundamental principles of truth, honesty, and integrity. The following conduct is specifically cited:

Supplying or using work or answers that are not one's own.

Providing or accepting assistance with completing assignments or examinations.

Interfering through any means with another's academic work.

Faking data or results.

Plagiarism:

When necessary, we may utilize turnitin.com, an automated system which instructors can use to quickly and easily compare each student's assignment with billions of web sites, as well as an enormous database of student papers.

The course provides the student with the basics to understand the operating principles of the main sensor types and gives an overview of research in this field. Due to the intrinsic nature of the topic, the course has a multidisciplinary character

Lo studente sar in grado di leggere autonomamente la letteratura in materia e di poter scegliere criticamente le tecniche e i materiali pi adatti per lo sviluppo, la caratterizzazione e la validazione di un sensore atto ad un uso specifico.

The student will be able to autonomously read the literature on this subject and to critically choose the most suitable techniques and materials for the development, characterization and validation of a sensor for a specific use.

Le lezioni verteranno su: caratteristiche generali dei sensori (definizioni, componenti, modalit di classificazione, caratteristiche statiche e dinamiche), figure di merito per la validazione analitica di un sensore, disturbi e rumore, misure elettriche, trasduzione acustica (bilance microgravimetriche e sensori ad onde acustiche superficiali) e foto acustica, trasduzione elettrochimica (corrente elettrochimica, modello a diffusione planare semi-infinita e equazione di Cottrell, tecniche voltammetriche, tecniche voltammetriche pulsate e in corrente alternata, spettroscopia di impedenza elettrochimica), trasduzione potenziometrica (equazione di Nernst), caratterizzazione e funzionalizzazione chimica delle superfici, biorecettori (aptameri, anticorpi, enzimi), esempi di utilizzo dei nanomateriali nella sensoristica (grafene, nanotubi di carbonio, quantum dots, nanoparticelle, nanocompositi), tecniche di (micro)fabbricazione, sensori di gas, sistemi multisensore e reti di sensori, elementi di fisica dello stato solido ed elettronica (silicio come semiconduttore, giunzione p-n, transistor), sensori ottici.

The lessons will focus on: general characteristics of the sensors (definitions, components, classification methods, static and dynamic characteristics), figures of merit for the analytical validation of a sensor, disturbances and noise, electrical measurements, acoustic transduction (microgravimetric scales and surface acoustic wave sensors) and photo acoustics, electrochemical transduction (electrochemical current, semi-infinite planar diffusion model and Cottrell equation, voltammetric techniques, pulsed and alternating current voltammetric techniques, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy), potentiometric transduction (Nernst equation), characterization and chemical functionalization of surfaces, bioreceptors (aptamers, antibodies, enzymes), examples of use of nanomaterials in sensors (graphene, carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, nanoparticles, nanocomposites), sensor (micro)fabrication techniques, gas sensors, multisensor systems and sensor networks, elements of solid state physics and electronics (silicon as a semiconductor, p-n junction, transistor), optical sensors.

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