Course detail

Design of Electronic Instruments

FEKT-NNENAcad. year: 2011/2012

Semiconductor devices for electronic instruments including control microprocessors and/or microcontrollers. Electrical design. Methodology of analogue and digital blocks design of the instrument. Computer aided design and its ability to simulate designed circuits. Concept of electronic instrument or PC plug-in module design. Fundamental modules of electronic blocks and their design. Problems with spurious coupling and signal transfer, EMI, parasitic properties of PCBs. Design rules. User’s requirements, control comfort, interfacing to an external PC, remote control via an interface bus, access to intranet/Internet using TCP/IP protocol. Specialities inside electronic instruments. Possibilities of PCB design. Technical documentation.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Radimír Vrba, CSc.

Department

Department of Microelectronics (UMEL)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students are able to design analogue and digital circuits and systems exploiting integrated circuits for electronic instruments and devices, namely including built-in intelligents exploiting microprocessor or interfaced PC computer. They solve even complex design of plug-in modules for PC computers with necessary SW handling.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to make students familiar with analogue, digital, AD and DA circuits for electronic instruments or plug-in units for PC computers, namely including application of microprocessor or building into the standard internal PC computer bus.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Eren, H.: Electronic Portable Instruments: Design and Applications. CRC Press I Llc, Oct 2003, 424 pages, ISBN 0849319986
Horowitz, P.: The Art of Electronics. Winfield Hill, ISBN 0521370957
Vrba, R. a kol.: Navrhování přístrojů s integrovanými obvody. ES VUT, 1998.
Vrba, R.: Navrhování přístrojů s integrovanými obvody. Cvičení. ES VUT, 1990.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC-MN Master's

    branch MN-TIT , 1 year of study, summer semester, elective interdisciplinary
    branch MN-MEL , 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Radimír Vrba, CSc.

Syllabus

Component base for electronic instruments, analogue and digital ICs, control microprocessors and microcontrollers. Internal buses and external I/O interface bus of PC computer.
Commonly used industrial fieldbuses, fundamental types, ability of isolation.
Electric design. Components choice, rules for applications, circuit solution, calculation an optimisation.
Methodology of analogue and digital blocks of instruments, exploiting of analogue and digital ICs. Application of microprocessors, their programming and contingent application of interconnection to the external PC computer.
Fieldbus communication, connetion into the intranet/Internet network, using TCP/IP protocol. Smart peripheries (sensors and actuators), exploiting of BlueTooth for wireless interconnection.
CAD. PSpice A/D, Optimizer, Eagle, Hyperlinx, Omega Plus.
Concept of instrument or plug-in PC module design, differences, fundamentals. Basic modules of electronic instrument and their design and simulation.
Detailed analysis of an example design of plug-in analogue input/output board for a PC computer.
Problems of spurious couplings and signal transfers, EMI, parasitic properties of PCBs. Skin effect, capacity, inductance, signal spreading rate, cross-talks.
Design rules for instrument design, differences for plug-in design including internal spurious noise in PC case. Component placing, PCB layers sequencing, grounding, shielding, filtering.
User

Fundamentals seminar

6 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Radimír Vrba, CSc.

Syllabus

Specification of team projects, solved in teams with 10 students. Fundamental analysis of project performance.
Consulting of key problems, input defence of submitted solution.

Exercise in computer lab

15 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Radimír Vrba, CSc.

Syllabus

Researching student teams are creating and developing required control and service software for designed instrument under consultancy provided by a lecturer.

Laboratory exercise

18 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Radimír Vrba, CSc.

Syllabus

Researching student teams are solving the problem and are realizing designed instrument in a laboratory under consultancy provided by a lecturer.