NEP DSC 8 Electronic Instrumentation Sensors
NEP DSC 8 Electronic Instrumentation Sensors
NEP DSC 8 Electronic Instrumentation Sensors
Bachelor of Science
Course Outcomes (CO’s): After the successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:
• Identify different types of tests and measuring instruments used in practice and understand
their basic working principles.
• Get hands on training in wiring a circuit, soldering, making a measurement using an
electronic circuit used in instrumentation.
• Have an understanding of the basic electronic components viz., resistors, capacitors,
inductors, discrete and integrated circuits, colour codes, values and pin diagram, their
practical use.
• Understanding of the measurement of voltage, current, resistance value, identification of
theterminals of a transistor and ICs.
• Identify and understand the different types of transducers and sensors used in robust and
hand-held instruments.
• Understand and give a mathematical treatment of the working of rectifiers, filter, data
converters and different types of transducers.
• Connect the concepts learnt in the course to their practical use in daily life.
• Develop basic hands-on skills in the usage of oscilloscopes, multimeters, rectifiers,
amplifiers,oscillators and high voltage probes, generators and digital meters.
• Servicing of simple faults of domestic appliances: Iron box, immersion heater, fan, hot plate,
batterycharger, emergency lamp and the like.
Reference Books:
1. Physics for Degree students (Third Year) – C.L. Arora and P.S. Hemne, S, Chand and Co. Pvt. Ltd.
2014(For Unit-1, Power supplies)
2. Electronic Instrumentation, 3rd Edition, H.S. Kalsi, McGraw Hill Education India Pvt. Ltd. 2011
(For rest of the syllabus)
3. Instrumentation – Devices and Systems (2nd Edition)– C.S. Rangan, G.R. Sarma, V.S.V. Mani,
TataMcGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd. (Especially for circuitry and analysis of signal generators
and filters)
Name of the Department: Physics
Semester-VI
DSC 8: Electronic Instrumentation & Sensors (Lab)
Course Title: Electronic Instrumentation & Course code: : 21BSC6C8PHMJ2P
Sensors (Lab)
Total Contact Hours: 56 Course Credits: 02
Internal Assessment Marks: 25 marks Duration of SEE: 03 hours
Semester End Examination Marks 25 marks
Course Outcomes (CO’s):
At the end of the course:
• The students would gain the knowledge of Basic Electronics circuits.
• They would know about common solid-state devices: Semiconductor diodes and transistors. The topics
also include the Rectifiers, Filters and their applications.
• They would know about the applications of Op-Amp.
• They would know about the applications of Transducers.
LIST OF EXPERIMENTS
1. Construct a DC power supply using a bridge rectifier and a capacitor filter. Use a Zener
diode or a 3- pin voltage regulator and study the load and line regulation characteristics.
Measure ripple factor with and without filter and compare with theoretical values.
2. Construction of simple multimeter.
3. Calibration of a low range voltmeter using a potentiometer
4. Calibration of an ammeter using a potentiometer
5. Design and construct a Wien bridge oscillator (sine wave oscillator) using μA 741 op-amp.
Choose thevalues of R and C for a sine wave frequency of 1 KHz. Vary the value of R and C
to change the oscillation frequency.
6. Design and construct a square wave generator using μA 741 op-amp. Determine its
frequency and compare with the theoretical value. Also measure the slew rate of the op-amp.
If the 741 is replace by LM318, study how does the waveform compare with the previous
one.
7. Study the frequency response of a first order op-amp low pass filter
8. Study the frequency response of a second order op-amp low pass filter.
9. Study the illumination intensity of a solar cell using a standard photo detector (e.g., lux
meter).
10. Study the characteristics of a LED (variation of intensity of emitted light).
11. Study the characteristics of a thermistor (temperature coefficient of resistance).
12. Study the characteristics of a photo-diode.
13. Low-pass and High-pass RC filters, Determination of cutoff frequency.
14. Determine the coupling coefficient of a piezo-electric crystal.
NOTE: Students have to perform at-least EIGHT Experiments from the above list
Reference Books:
1. Advanced Practical Physics for students, B. L. Flint and H.T. Worsnop, 1971, Asia Publishing
House.
2. B.Sc. Practical Physics, C.L. Arora (Revised Edition), S. Chand and Co. Ltd. 2007.
3. Practical Physics, D.C. Tayal, First Millennium Edition, Himalaya Publishing House, 2000.