COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SENSORS AND INTERFACING TECHNIQUES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MEC 5015 SENSORS AND INTERFACING TECHNIQUES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AHMET ÖZKURT

Offered to

M.Sc. Mechatronics Engineering
Mechatronics Engineering

Course Objective

The course aims to provide an advanced sensor mechanisms and related parameter research. The areas to be investigated mainly are robotic sensors and mechatronic applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The students are expected to learn basics of measurements and errors.
2   The students are expected to understand sensor mechanisms for physical quantities.
3   The students are expected to get information in different sensor structures
4   The students are expected to gain basic skills about the application sensors and analog and digital interfacing techniques
5   The students are expected to prepare a technical report about the Project proposals.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to measurement and instrumentation systems
2 Measurement Errors, Accuracy, Precision
3 Instrumentation Characteristics and effects on measurements
4 Displacement , thickness and distance sensors
5 Position, area, level, tilt, angle Proximity sensors
6 Time amd frequency sensors
7 Mechanical variable sensors
8 Midterm
9 Acoustic sensors
10 Thermal sensors
11 Electrical quantity sensors
12 Optic sensors
13 Interfacing techniques
14 Amplifiers and signal conditioners

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook , Editor: J.G. Webster, CRC, 1999, ISBN: 0-8493-2145-X

Sensors and Transducers, I.R. Snclair, Newnes, 2001, ISBN: 0-7506-4932-1

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation, discussion and project format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and seminar hours, to take part in the discussion sessions and to prepare two main system design projects.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +FIN *0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG *0.25 +RST *0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final exam:
1. The students are expected to learn basics of measurements and errors.
2. The students are expected to understand sensor mechanisms for physical quantities.
3. The students are expected to get information in different sensor structures
4. The students are expected to gain basic skills about the application sensors and analog and digital interfacing techniques

Homework:
1. The students are expected to learn basics of measurements and errors.
2. The students are expected to understand sensor mechanisms for physical quantities.
3. The students are expected to get information in different sensor structures
4. The students are expected to gain basic skills about the application sensors and analog and digital interfacing techniques
5. The students are expected to prepare a technical report about the Project proposals.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahmet.ozkurt@deu.edu.tr
tel: 0232 3017134
ahmetozkurt.net

Office Hours

2 hours per week

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 50 50
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.1422
LO.2343
LO.3334
LO.43443
LO.533332343

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