B029679 - LABORATORY OF ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION

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The operation and use of the main tools present in an electronics laboratory is described.
Each topic will be followed by experimental activities aimed at verifying and consolidating the skills learned in the classroom.

- Measurement and Instrumentation, 2nd edition, Theory and Application, Academic Press, ISBN: 9780128011324
- Lecturer's notes, slides, exercises
- Instrumentation manuals
- LTSpice simulator: user manual and video-tutorial

Knowledge and understanding:
- knowledge of the operation of the main electronic instruments, including power supply, signal generator, oscilloscope
- classification of measuring instruments (hints of metrology)
- measurement techniques, potentials, and limits of different solutions

Skills - The student must be able to:
- analyze the functioning of simple electronic circuits
- use different methodologies to perform measurements of stationary and variable signals
- evaluate the different circuit elements and the relevance they will have in the expected electrical behavior: development of the critical sense.
- use a circuit simulation CAD

- Familiarity with the analysis of simple analog circuits, consisting of R, C, and diodes
- Notions of electrical engineering and basic physics (currents and electrodynamics)
- Basic knowledge of the PC usage

- Classroom lectures
- Laboratory exercises
- Scripts and circuit simulations

Exercises

- Setup based on instrumentation and components available in the "exForno" educational laboratory
- Measurement of the components electrical characteristics
- Measurement of the circuit behavior
- Critical analysis of the measurements
- Comparison between measurements, analytical solutions and simulations

The exam consists of a written or oral test, aimed at verifying the knowledge of the main characteristics of the devices and instruments present in an electronics laboratory and the ability to perform a measurement taking into account the characteristics and limits of the setup used

General concepts on the use of laboratory tools and safety rules.
Review of fundamental electrical quantities and passive electronic components behavior
Available fevices to build a circuit: bread-board, soldering iron, etc.
Operating principle, characteristics, use of the main electronic instruments, including power supplies, signal synthesizers, multimeters, digital oscilloscopes, and related probes
Notes on other tools (spectrum analyzers, integrated systems, measurement chains (LabView, Matlab)
Circuit simulation, circuit models, use of LTSpice
In order to effectively focus on issues, the course includes experimental exercises concerning the synthesis of signals, the processing carried out by simple circuits, and the consequent instrumental analysis. The entire process will be supported by equivalent processing managed through circuit simulation.