KON 324E - Sensors &Transducers in Cntrl

Course Objectives

1.To gain knowledge about the structures of sensing and/or transducing systems
2.To gain knowledge about the operational properties of sensing and/or transducing systems
3.To gain knowledge about the design principles of sensing and/or transducing systems

Course Description

Introduction. Physical principles of sensing and transducing in control. Determination of performance criteria for sensors and transducers. Analysis and synthesis of thermoresistive, thermistor, thermocouple, pyroelectric, bimetal strip, and Bourdon tube type transducer systems. Analysis and synthesis of displacement, force and torque, acceleration and speed, pressure, flow, piezoelectric, ultrasound, and Hall effect transducer systems. Analysis and synthesis of photoresistive, photovoltaic, photodiode, phototransistor and photoemissive types transducer systems.