Course detail

Computer Measuring and Control

FAST-HB51Acad. year: 2015/2016

Introduction: Personal computer (PC) and measuring. Asset in the area of economy and quality.
Input and Output Communication Ports and Systems: Serial bus RS232. Universal serial bus (USB), Interface card GPIB (IEEE488).
Introduction to the Measuring System GPIB: Basic requirement. GPIB interface bus description. Instructions of GPIB interface bus.
Basic GPIB Instruments Overview: Agilent, Tectronics, Instruments of the Czech production.
Instructions of the Selected Instruments: Oscilloscopes of the Agilent 54600 series. Programmable Power Source of the Agilent E363xA series. Digital Multimeter Agilent 34401A. Others instruments width GPIB of the Czech production.
Programming of the Interface Card GPIB: Instructions of the interface card IOtech. Example of the Unit visa_simul. Example of Unit INSTRUMENT. Example of the Measuring Program.
Practice Exercise: Preparation, debugging and testing of the particular program from the geodesy.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Physics (FYZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge in the field of sensors and methods of measuring of non-electrical and electrical quantities. Orientation in the transfer of non-electrical quantities to electrical or optical signals and knowledge of the converted signal processing using computer technology. Knowledge and application overview of the opportunities and current trends in measurement.

Prerequisites

Basic methods of measurement, computer principles, data processing, input and output computers operations, knowledge of the computers programming.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction: Personal computer (PC) in measuring. Asset in the area of economy and quality.
2. Sensors and converters: pressure sensors, temperature sensors, mechanical stress sensors, changes in length sensors, volume changes sensors.
3. Input and Output communication ports and systems: Serial bus RS232. Parallel I/O LPT1, Universal serial bus (USB). Interface card GPIB (IEEE488).
4. Introduction to the measuring system GPIB: Basic requirement. GPIB interface bus description. Instructions of GPIB interface bus.
5. Basic GPIB instruments overview: Agilent, Tectronics, other selected instruments width GPIB.
6. Instructions of the selected instruments - 1st part: Oscilloscopes of the Agilent 54600 series.
7. Instructions of the selected instruments - 2nd. part: Programmable Power Source of the Agilent E363xA series. Digital Multimeter Agilent 34401A.
8. Programming of the interface card GPIB: Instructions of the GPIB interface card Agilent. Examples of the units visa_simul and instrument. Example of the measuring program.
9. Practice exercise: Preparation, debugging and testing of the particular program from the civil engineering
9. Practice exercise: Preparation, debugging and testing of the particular program from the civil engineering

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The graduate achieves the aim in the region of the quantity sensors and method of the electrical and non-electrical quantities measurement. He will learn about the conversion of the non-electrical quantities to electrical ones and he obtains the knowledge of the processing this signal by the computers. He acquires the application possibilities and tendency in the measurement techniques too.

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Pavel Schauer: Laboratorní cvičení z fyziky I. PC-DIR, 1994. (CS)
Schauer Pavel: Poznámky k předmětu Automatizované měřící systémy. nevyšlo tiskem, autor poskytuje studentovi zdarma elektronicky, 2013. (CS)

Recommended reading

Pavel Schauer: Notes to the Computer Measuring and Control. Only the electronic version. Author provides to the students free.. 2013. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-P-C-GK Master's

    branch G , 2 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer