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SRI LANKA TECHNOLOGICAL CAMPUS

YEAR 3 – SEMESTER 1 – June 2022

End–Semester Examination

TEE300 Measurements and Instrumentation

Two and Half Hour (2.5 Hrs)

Answer all Questions

No. of Questions: 04

No. of Pages: 04 (including the cover page)

Important Instructions to the candidates

 The mode of the exam will be in the form of an online, open book examination
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 Candidates are requested to adhere to the examination guidelines circulated

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1.
i. Determine the series equivalent inductance (Lx) and resistance (Rx) of the network shown in
figure 1, which causes a Hay Bridge angle opposite (thus nulling the following bridge arms).
ω =3000 rad/s, R2 =9 kΩ, R1 = 1.8 kΩ , C1 = 0.9 µF, R3 = 0.9 kΩ

Figure 1
(5 Marks)

ii. The Schering Bridge is shown in following figure 2 has following constants R1 = 1.5k kΩ,
C1 = 0.4 µF, R2 = 3kΩ and C3 = 0.4 µF at frequency 1 kHz. Calculate the unknown resistance
(Rx) and capacitance (Cx) of the bridge circuit and dissipation factor.

Figure 2
(10 Marks)
(Total 15 Marks)
2.
i. A milli-ammeter of 2.5 ohms resistance reads up-to 100 mA. Calculate the resistance which
is necessary to enable it to use as
a) A voltmeter reading up-to 10 V
b) An ammeter reading up-to 10A
(10 Marks)

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ii. Figure 3 shows a simple series circuit of R1 and R2 connected to a 100 V dc source. If the
voltage across R2 is to be measured by voltmeter having
(a) A sensitivity of 1000 Ω/V,
(b) A sensitivity of 20,000 Ω/V,

Find which voltmeter will read the accurate value of voltage across R2.
Assume that both meters are used in the 50 V range.

Figure 3
(10 Marks)

iii. An LVDT has a secondary voltage of 5 V for a displacement of ±12.5 mm. Determine the
output voltage for a core displacement of 8.0 mm from its central position.
(5 Marks)

iv. Photoconductive cells are used to control relays. The cells' resistance is 100 k Ω when
illuminated and 1 k Ω when they are in the dark. When the cell is illuminated, the relay is
supplied with 10 mA from a 30-V supply, and it must be de-energized when the cell is in the
dark. The circuit is as shown in Fig. 4, where R is a current-limiting resistor and calculate the
series resistance and dark current. (Neglect relay inductance)

Figure 4
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(10 Marks)
(Total 35 Marks)
3.
i. Discuss working of a strain gauge and derive expression for the “gauge factor (G)”.A strain
gauge has a resistance of 100 Ω and the gauge factor of 2.1, of strain is 2 × 10−3. Obtain the
change in resistance.
(10 Marks)

ii. An analog to digital converter (ADC) measures voltages in the range of 0 to 25 V and has
12-bit accuracy. What is the smallest voltage step that the ADC can resolve?
(5 Marks)
iii. If 3.45 V is applied to a 4-bit successive-approximation-type A/D converter which has a
reference voltage of 5 V, what will be the digital output of the ADC?
(10 Marks)
iv. A 6-bit D/A converter having 320 kΏ resistances is in LSB position. The converter is
designed with weighted resistive network. The reference voltage is 10 V. The output of the
resistive network is connected to an OP-AMP with a feedback resistance of 5 kW. What is the
output voltage for a binary input of 111010?
(10 Marks)
(Total 35 Marks)

4.
i. Briefly explain with the help of a block diagram, the various parts of an electronic multimeter.

(5 Marks)
ii. In a circuit, a simple shunted ammeter using a basic meter movement, with an internal
resistance of 1800 Ω and 100 pA full-scale deflection current, indicates 3.5 mA on its 5 mA
scale. Using a recently calibrated digital ammeter, 4.1 mA is measured as the reading. This
indicates there is a faulty shunt on the 5 mA range of the ammeter. Calculate
(a) The actual value of a faulty shunt
(b) The current shunt for the 5 mA range.

(10 Marks)
(Total 15 Marks)

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