Maricopa Community Colleges  ELT251   19932-19965 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 12/15/92
ELT251 19932-19965 LEC
LAB 		3 Credit(s)
0 Credit(s) 		2 Period(s)
3 Period(s)
Electronic Instrumentation
Various electronic instruments and measurement techniques used in testing and analyzing electronic circuits. Includes devices and methods for sensing and presenting visual displays of variable quantities, including transducers, oscilloscopes, analog and digital display devices, recorders, and telemetry. Prerequisites: ELT195.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
ELT251   19932-19965 Electronic Instrumentation
1. Describe standards used in electronic measurements. (I)
2. Define the types of errors made in measurements on physical systems. (II)
3. Organize measurement data into an engineering noteboook. (III)
4. Describe manufacturers' specifications for test instruments. (IV)
5. Show the operation of the test instrument with the aid of block diagrams. (IV)
6. Determine the loading effect of measuring instruments placed in electronic circuits. (IV)
7. Obtain accurate and meaningful measurements using oscilloscopes and meters. (IV)
8. Apply signal conditioning to a transduced source.
9. Use basic transducers.
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
ELT251   19932-19965 Electronic Instrumentation
    I. Units and standards of measurement
        A. SI system of units
        B. Classification and level of standards
        C. Physical standards
      II. Measurement and data analysis
          A. Accuracy, precision, significant figures
          B. Error
          C. Measures of central tendency
          D. Measures of variation
        III. Reports and documentation
            A. Documentation of laboratory activity
            B. Laboratory report
          IV. Test equipment
              A. Analog and digital meters
                1. Accuracy statements and specifications
                2. Loading effects
                3. Frequency response
                4. Use and application
              B. Signal sources
                1. Function generators
                2. Pulse generators
                3. Sweep frequency generators
              C. Oscilloscopes
                1. Block systems
                2. Specifications
                3. Probes
                4. Measuring applications and techniques
              D. Digital counters
                1. Frequency measurement
                2. Time interval measurement
                3. Specifications
              E. Power sources
                1. Current sources
                2. Voltage sources
                3. Regulatory types
                4. Specifications
              F. Other instrumentation and test equipment
            V. Signal conditioning
                A. Amplifiers
                B. Filters
              VI. Transducers
                  A. Thermal
                  B. Strain
                  C. Displacement
                  D. Proximity
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