| 1. | Course Title | Programmable Instrumentation | |||||||||||
| 2. | Code | 4ФЕИТ03013 | |||||||||||
| 3. | Study program | 15-MMK | |||||||||||
| 4. | Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) | Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies | |||||||||||
| 5. | Degree (first, second, third cycle) | Second cycle | |||||||||||
| 6. | Academic year/semester | I/1 | 7. | Number of ECTS credits | 6.00 | ||||||||
| 8. | Lecturer | Dr Zhivko Kokolanski | |||||||||||
| 9. | Course Prerequisites | ||||||||||||
| 10. | Course Goals (acquired competencies):
Knowledge of the design of sophisticated programmable instrumentation, optimization, testing and exploitation. |
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| 11. | Course Syllabus:
Introduction to programmable instrumentation development technologies: systems on chip (SoC), microprocessors, custom and semi-custom integrated circuits. Data converters: analog-to-digital (AD) and digital-to-analog (DA) conversion, AD and DA converters testing, time-to-digital conversion. Instrumentation – operation and application principles: multimeters, electronic counters, logic analyzers, digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, sensor-based instruments, conventional and arbitrary signal generators. Testing of digital instruments. Testing of digital and analog channels. Data analysis. Instrumentation interfaces and VLSI testing. Programmable instrumentation. Designing digital measuring systems and their practical implementation. Real-time operation. Testing under development of microcontroller-based instruments. |
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| 12. | Learning methods:
Lecturing, project and individual tasks |
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| 13. | Total number of course hours | 180 | |||||||||||
| 14. | Distribution of course hours | 3 + 3 | |||||||||||
| 15. | Forms of teaching | 15.1 | Lectures-theoretical teaching | 45 hours | |||||||||
| 15.2 | Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork | 45 hours | |||||||||||
| 16. | Other course activities | 16.1 | Projects, seminar papers | 30 hours | |||||||||
| 16.2 | Individual tasks | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 16.3 | Homework and self-learning | 30 hours | |||||||||||
| 17. | Grading | ||||||||||||
| 17.1 | Exams | 30 points | |||||||||||
| 17.2 | Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) | 50 points | |||||||||||
| 17.3. | Activity and participation | 20 points | |||||||||||
| 17.4. | Final exam | 0 points | |||||||||||
| 18. | Grading criteria (points) | up to 50 points | 5 (five) (F) | ||||||||||
| from 51 to 60 points | 6 (six) (E) | ||||||||||||
| from 61 to 70 points | 7 (seven) (D) | ||||||||||||
| from 71 to 80 points | 8 (eight) (C) | ||||||||||||
| from 81 to 90 points | 9 (nine) (B) | ||||||||||||
| from 91 to 100 points | 10 (ten) (A) | ||||||||||||
| 19. | Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam | none | |||||||||||
| 20. | Forms of assessment | exam, project task, scientific paper | |||||||||||
| 21. | Language | Macedonian and English | |||||||||||
| 22. | Method of monitoring of teaching quality | Self-evaluation | |||||||||||
| 23. | Literature | ||||||||||||
| 23.1. | Required Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Nihal Kularatna | Digital and Analog Instrumentation – testing and measurement | Institution of Engineering and Technology | 2008 | |||||||||
| 2. | Dominique Planco | Fundamentals of Instrumentation and Measurements | Antony Rowe Ltd. | 2007 | |||||||||
| 3. | Patrick H. Garrett | Multisensor Instrumentation – Six Sigma Design | John Wiley & Sons | 2002 | |||||||||
| 23.2. | Additional Literature | ||||||||||||
| No. | Author | Title | Publisher | Year | |||||||||
| 1. | Robert A. White | Electronic Test Instruments – Analog and Digital Measurements | Prentice Hall | 2002 | |||||||||
| 2. | M. Burns, G. Roberts | An Introduction to Mixed-Signal IC Test and Measurement | Oxford University Press | 2001 | |||||||||
| 3. | James A. Blackburn |
Modern Instrumentation for Scientists and Engineers |
Springer | 2001 | |||||||||
