Automatized and virtual measurement systems

Higher education teachers: Bojkovski Jovan, Drnovšek Janko

Subject description

Prerequisits:

Enrolment in 1. Year of postgraduate

Content (Syllabus outline):

• structure of automatized and virtual measurement systems
• quantization and analogue to digital conversion
• communication interfaces
• software and development tools for automation of measurements
• hardware
• software quality

Objectives and competences:

• increase awareness and knowledge regarding software and elements for automation of measurement systems
• serial and parallel interfaces (laboratory and industrial measurement processes)
• requirements regarding digital signal processing in metrology
• development tools for automation of measurements in industrial and research
• modern virtual programming languages and their implementation
• identify key parameters of quality assurance of software measurement equipment

Intended learning outcomes:

Knowledge and understanding: Advanced knowledge about automatized and virtual measurement system, understanding how virtual measuring systems are made using modern virtual programming languages, basic elements of software quality, ...

Learning and teaching methods:

• Lectures,
• seminars,
• laboratory exercises

Study materials

Readomgs:

1. Carr, J.J.: Elements of Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement. 3. izdaja. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. 1996
2. Morris, A.S.: The essence of measurement. London, New York: Prentice-Hall. 1996
3. Lang, T.T: Electronics of measuring systems. Chichester, New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc. 1994
4. Bentley, J.P.: Principles of Measurement Systems. 3. izdaja. New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc. 1995
5. Morris, A.S.: Measurement and Instrumentation Principles. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. 2001
6. Regtien, P.P.L.: Measurement Science for Engineers. London, Sterling: Kogan Page Science. 2004