Course detail

PCs in Intrumentation.

FEKT-KPMTAcad. year: 2010/2011

Basic application PC i measurement. Virtual instrumentation. Separation SW. SW for postprocessing, planing, construction and simulation. Summary of world sw firm produce. Statistics and presentation sw. LabWindows, VEE and LabVIEW systems. Hardware, measurement cards for PC.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Miloslav Čejka, CSc.

Department

Department of Control and Instrumentation (UAMT)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Completance for work with mesurement systems, participate for its project.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the secondary school level is required.

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

30 points - work on PC
70 points - final examination

Course curriculum

Basic application PC i measurement. Virtual instrumentation. Separation SW. SW for postprocessing, planing, construction and simulation. Summary of world sw firm produce. LabWindows, VEE and LabVIEW systems. Hardware, measurement cards for PC.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Be familiar with application of personal computers in measurement. Get knowladges about commercial software for planing and realization of experiments, selectin sw and hw. Train on evalutin version sw, work with real instruments.

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

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Firemní literatura National Instruments a Agilent. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EECC Bc. Bachelor's

    branch BK-AMT , 3 year of study, summer semester, elective specialised

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Miloslav Čejka, CSc.

Syllabus

Introduction, basic application for on-line, off-line.
SW separation, examples
SW for measurement instrument construct.
Statistical and visualization sw. HiQ (NI).
LabWindows-structure, language, libraries. Formatting and I/O library
LabWindows-Advanced Analysis library, user interface
Basic principes for communication PC with measurement instruments. RS..., GPIB, VXI.
Pluggin PC card for measurement
LabWindows-Instrument library creation
LabWindows-Data Acqusition, GPIB and RS232 libraries, toolsets
LabVIEW basic development environment, programs, libraries
LabVIEW toolsets, basic examples of programing technic
Distributed measurement systems, computer network

Exercise in computer lab

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Miloslav Čejka, CSc.

Syllabus

Introduction
Sinple SW for basic application
SW from Hewlett-Packard, VEE
SW for HW projects EAGLE, SW TestPoint
LabWindows Basic development environment, libraries, user interface
LabWindows off-line basic examples
LabVIEW Basic development environment, libraries, user interface
LabVIEW off-line basic examples
Written test

Laboratory exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Miloslav Čejka, CSc.

Syllabus

Self work - unlinear characteritic meter with GPIB
Self work - callibration system with GPIB
Self work - scope and spectral analyzer on PC card PC-LPM-16
Self work - Frequency characteristic meter with GPIB