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Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Electronic Instruments Technology

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Course Unit Code450-2004/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
PrerequisitiesCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit Title
420-2022Electrical Circuits I
420-2023Electrical Circuits II
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
KAS73Ing. Vladimír Kašík, Ph.D.
Summary
This course introduces students to the most important functional blocks of electronic devices. It is a component that provides electrical power and especially analog circuits for generating, editing and signal evaluation. Interpretation of the principles of A / D and D / A converters, the subject gradually shifting to digital signal representation and introduction to digital technology.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Familiarize students with the internal structure of electronic devices, especially with the features and characteristics of the analog circuits.
Students should be able to design the basic connections stabilized DC power supply voltage and to understand the function of switching power supplies. Students learn to design basic circuits with OpAmp for evaluating and modifying analog signal. They will understand the principles of A/D and D/A conversion and will be able to interpret the basic principles of digital techniques.
Course Contents
Lectures:
Functional blocks of electronic instruments. Power sources, voltage stabilizers, temp. compensation. Voltage doublers and multipliers, switching supply. Battery operated instruments power supplies.
Analog signal processing circuits. Operating amplifiers, basic circuits and features. Function converters, integrator, derivator, comparator, log. and exp. converters.
Signal modulation. RC and LC oscillators. Quartz oscillators, function generators, DDS. Frequency and period measuring circuit.
Instrument and isolated amplifiers, optocouplers, static and dynamic parameters. Passive and active electronic filters.
Logic systems, number systems, combinatorial log. circuits, operators, log. function, digit. IC technologies and voltage levels.
Sequential log. circuits, D, RS, T, JK flip-flops, registers, shift registers, counter, tristate buffers, busses.
Microprocessor, microcontroller, microcomputer - basics, features.
7-layer communication model OSI/ISO. Serial and parallel data transfer , synchronnous and asynchronnous communication, protection against errors, RS-
232, 485, current loop, Centronics, I2C, Ethernet.
Semiconductor memories, categories, programmers, memory cards. Magnetic and optical memories.
Digital signal processing, ADC, DAC, samplers, Shannon-Kotelnikov theorem.
Matrix keyboard, LED and LCD segments and displays, graphic modules. DTMF remote control.
Technology of a PCB production, IC packages, PCB repairs. Power supply network on PCB, signal shielding, anti-interference filters.
EMC problems in the instrumentation. Interference, crosstalk, echo. Hazards in logic systems.

Laboratories:
Voltage stabilizer design and computation.
OpAmp circuits, experimental measurements.
Advanced OpAmp circuits.
Measurement on the isolated amplifier, optocoupler circuit.
Logic function, truth table, data coding in logic systems.
Sequential logic function simulation on the PC.
Complex logic system design and simulation.
Running test.
Serial and parallel communication examples.
Motorola 68HC12 programm function demonstration.
Digital measuring from the analog inputs, analog signal generation.
Control of LED and LCD display, matrix keyboard.
Credit presentation.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
Tooley, M.: Electronic Circuits – Fundamentals and Applications. Plant a Tree, 2002. ISBN 0-7506-5394-9.
Kašík, V. a kol.: Technika elektronických přístrojů. VŠB-TU Ostrava, 2013. ISBN 978-80-248-3102-2.
Hanousek,K.-Říčný,V.Elektronické systémy I. Skripta VUT, Brno, 1992.
Punčochář,J. Operační zesilovače v elektrotechnice. BEN, Praha, 1996.
Recommended Reading:
Practical Electronics Handbook. ISBN: 0750680717. [on-line] Available from: http://ebookee.org/download/?file=Practical+ Electronics+Handbook%2C+6+Edition
Musil,V.Konstrukce a technologie elektronických zařízení. VUT Brno, 1994.
Laipert,M.-Vlček,M.Lineární obvody. Skripta, I. vydání, ČVUT, Praha, 1997.
Hanus,S.Elektronika. Skripta VUT, Brno, 1991.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Experimental work in labs
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)		Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit30 10
        ExaminationExamination70 (70)35
                Písemná zkouškaWritten examination60 30
                Ústní zkouškaOral examination10 5