This course provides the means for the appreciation of electronic measurement systems : at the system level by an awareness of the range, operating principles and limitations of commercial test equipment; and, at the circuit level which includes the effects and minimisation of interference, certain commonly employed circuit and IC configurations such as the Phase Lock Loop and frequency synthesis, and choice of components and construction details. An important aspect of the operating requirements of equipment is the need for them to be electromagnetically compatible. It is also the responsibility of professionals to implement measurement systems with regard to their human and environmental impact, and some introduction to these issues is also provided.

This course is available in the following programme(s):

OP7005 BEngTech Electrical & Electronic Engineering Major

What’s in the course

• Signal Interference and Corruption; the problem of measurement, input impedance, EMI and RFI, coupling paths, electromagnetic compatibility and techniques to reduce EMC problems
• Electronic Measurement Components and Circuits; operational amplifiers and their errors; instrumentation amplifiers; the Phase Lock Loop; frequency synthesis principles
• Electronic Test Equipment; analogue and digital voltmeters, current, power, gain and phase measurement; frequency and period measurement; the oscilloscope and CRT display; signal sources; analogue swept spectrum measurements; the digital oscilloscope and sampled measurement systems; quantisation, aliassing and interpolation problems; test equipment for digital systems; the logic analyser and honest reporting of results
• Automatic Test Equipment; the GPIB, operation, use and programming; internal design of GPIB-based test equipment and ethical considerations
• Electronic Reliability; component reliability, burn in, wear out and derating; MTBF; composite reliability and system MTBF; subsystem redundancy; high reliability systems; concepts of hybridisation and microelectronics

Prerequisites

ELE 1502 Electronic Circuits, ELE 2101 Control and Instrumentation, ELE 2503 Electronic Systems

Assessment

In course work 50%
Timed assignment 50%

Fees

New Zealand Student Fee $595.00

What do I do now?

Request a copy of the brochure
Download an enrolment form (pdf).
For further information free phone 0508 650 200 or email

Other Information

This course is only available to New Zealand students, and all students must be living in New Zealand throughout the course of study.

You will require access to email and the internet.