Electronic Instrumentation

[Giorgiana Sulyma]

Undergeneral supervision, performs a wide variety of skilled technical duties in connection with maintaining, monitoring, testing, calibrating and repairing electronic and pneumatic equipment at water pollution system sites and control centers; performs periodic testing of and preventive maintenance on instrumentation and controls; analyzes malfunctions; and performs related duties as required.

Class 7336 is a journey level technical position at the City's sewage treatment plant and pumping stations, responsible for the maintenance and repair of electronic systems, instruments and equipment used in handling materials in liquid and /or gaseous forms. It is distinguished from Class 7318 Electronic Maintenance Technician in that the latter is responsible for the maintenance and repair of electronic communication systems used to control Muni's light rail vehicles, electrical equipment at PUC's powerhouses, substations and other equipment used to monitor and control machines and materials in solid forms.

1. Operates test apparatus such as Diagnostic Test Equipment (DTE), using established testing procedures to produce, regulate and record effects of actual or simulated conditions; prepares reports interpreting test data to useable terms; may direct other technical personnel assisting in test procedures.

2. Performs diagnostic, corrective and preventive maintenance on complex electronic systems and instruments, including analog pneumatic and digital electronic equipment; install, test, troubleshoot and repair programmable logic controller interfaces located at a wastewater treatment facility.

4. Installs and inspects new equipment; evaluates performance under operating conditions; assists in the design, fabrication or modification of fixtures, instruments and related apparatus; and verifies and evaluates dimensional and functional acceptability and performance of such devices.

5. Operates special power or hand tools and measuring equipment including soldering equipment, oscilloscopes, multi-meters, analyzers, calibrators, hand generators, power suppliers and other instruments used in operating, testing, calibrating or repairing electromechanical and electrohydraulic apparatus.

Knowledge of: The methods and procedures involved in the maintenance, monitoring, testing and repair of electronic and pneumatic equipment, including knowledge of integrated circuits, electronic and electrical principles and theory; digital and analog circuits; relay logic and electronic power, data processing and communications equipment; application of safety procedures related to electronics, work in sewers and around sewage processing centers.

These minimum qualifications establish the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license(s) which are required for employment in the classification. Please note, additional qualifications (i.e., special conditions) may apply to a particular position and will be stated on the exam/job announcement.

Completion of a two-year AA or AS degree program in Electronics or Instrumentation or equivalent, such as an Electronics or Instrumentation Certificate from a recognized trade or technical school, or military training in Electronics or Instrumentation; AND

Upon appointment to employment, and then on an annual basis, employees will be required to pass a State-mandated Respirator Medical Examination and be clean-shaven as required for use, and at least annually for respirator and self-contained breathing apparatus fitting.

All City and County of San Francisco employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the City requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering is an advanced branch of engineering which deals with the application of existing or known scientific knowledge in electronics, instrumentation, measurements and control for any process, practical calibration of instruments, automation of processes etc. It is a combination of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering. This branch is an industry-oriented engineering branch which needs more knowledge and experience in industrial applications to excel in a career. The course has been introduced in many universities across India. Many universities have different variants of courses like Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering etc.

Apart from covering core subjects such as Industrial Instrumentation, Measurements, Sensors & Transducers, Process Control, Bio-Medical Instrumentation and Robotics, students deal with software and hardware topics such as Microprocessor and Microcontroller-based instrumentation, VLSI and Embedded System designs, pSPICE, Computer Architecture and organization, Virtual Instrumentation (LabVIEW), Industrial Automation (PLC, SCADA etc.) and computer control of processes. Computer languages such as C and C++ are also part of the curriculum.[1][2][3][4][5]

Study of the operating principles of transducer devices and design of modern electronic instrumentation systems with emphasis on biomedical applications. Topics include electronic sensors and measurement principles, design of instrumentation amplifiers for sensors that transduce measured quantities into low level signals in noisy environments, and signal conditioning and display. Cross-listed with EGR 533. Offered winter semester. Prerequisites: EGR 315 and EGR 326; or permission of instructor (knowledge of basic electronics and microcontroller applications).

The Electronic Instrument Services (EIS) group provides instrumentation expertise to the Chemistry Department. A wide variety of services are available and include: design, consultation, fabrication, modification, construction, and repair services of chemical and electronic instrumentation. The EIS group has developed considerable expertise in analog signal systems, chemical transducers, light-path apparatus (IR, VIS, UV), optoelectronic transducers, DC to subnanosecond signal conditioning, high-voltage systems and pulsers, electrochemical instrumentation, temperature control, chromatography detectors, and analog and signal conditioning electronics.

Adjacent to the large room housing most of the construction and test equipment, there is a Student Electronics Shop. Individual instruction and bench space are available to students and researchers who are interested in designing, building, or repairing their own equipment. A comprehensive collection of electronic components and specification sheets are available to aid researchers in their own projects. Short-term loans of test equipment are encouraged to allow researchers investigation of different ideas.

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Feature papers represent the most advanced research with significant potential for high impact in the field. A Feature Paper should be a substantial original Article that involves several techniques or approaches, provides an outlook for future research directions and describes possible research applications.

Abstract: Automatic wheelchairs have evolved in terms of instrumentation and control, solving the mobility problems of people with physical disabilities. With this work it is intended to establish the background of the instrumentation and control methods of automatic wheelchairs and prototypes, as well as a classification in each category. To this end a search of specialised databases was carried out for articles published between 2012 and 2019. Out of these, 97 documents were selected based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria. The following categories were proposed for these articles: (a) wheelchair instrumentation and control methods, among which there are systems that implement micro-electromechanical sensors (MEMS), surface electromyography (sEMG), electrooculography (EOG), electroencephalography (EEG), and voice recognition systems; (b) wheelchair instrumentation, among which are found obstacle detection systems, artificial vision (image and video), as well as navigation systems (GPS and GSM). The results found in this review tend towards the use of EEG signals, head movements, voice commands, and algorithms to avoid obstacles. The most used techniques involve the use of a classic control and thresholding to move the wheelchair. In addition, the discussion was mainly based on the characteristics of the user and the types of control. To conclude, the articles exhibited the existing limitations and possible solutions in their designs, as well as informing the physically disabled community about the technological developments in this field. Keywords: automatic wheelchair; control; instrumentation; intelligent wheelchair

Callejas-Cuervo, Mauro, Aura Ximena Gonzlez-Cely, and Teodiano Bastos-Filho. 2020. "Control Systems and Electronic Instrumentation Applied to Autonomy in Wheelchair Mobility: The State of the Art" Sensors 20, no. 21: 6326.

Residence Requirements: RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS: CANDIDATES MUST HAVE BEEN LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ERIE COUNTY FOR AT LEAST ONE MONTH IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE DATE OF THE WRITTEN TEST AND MUST BE LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ERIE COUNTY AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. At present there is one vacancy at the Erie County Division of Sewerage Management.

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