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May 04, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EECT 214 - Industrial Instrumentation
PREREQUISITES: EECT 111 - Introduction to Circuit Analysis
PROGRAM: Electronics and Computer Technology
CREDIT HOURS MIN: 3
LECTURE HOURS MIN: 2
LAB HOURS MIN: 2
DATE OF LAST REVISION: Spring, 2019
Provides a system view of manufacturing and automated production emphasizing the devices used in control and measurements. Areas covered include pressure, strain, force, flow, and level considerations. Principles of process control are introduced, incorporating the usage of probes, sensors, transducers, and various final control devices. Computer software, hardware, and interfacing are examined in regards to data acquisition, manufacturing control, and summarization of industrial data.
MAJOR COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be expected to:
- Analyze industrial environments in regards to necessary control and measurement.
- Analyze precision measurement and relationships to specific industrial instruments.
- Demonstrate characteristics of pressure and strain as used in instrumentation control systems.
- Evaluate the differences between analog and digital signal conditioning.
- Demonstrate the differences between sensors and transducers.
- Elaborate on the various flow control applications used in measurement.
- Discuss the basic feedback control systems used in industrial processes.
- Analyze various input transducers - based upon process and limitations.
- Define the differences between various solid-state devices used in industrial instrumentation.
- Evaluate the criteria for level sensing.
- Discuss the various computer software programs currently available for industrial control and measurement.
- Analyze computer interfacing necessary for control and measurement.
- Describe various final correcting devices used in industrial systems.
- Demonstrate data manipulation and acquisition in regard to instrument interaction.
- Evaluate safety applications in industrial instruments and systems.
COURSE CONTENT: Topical areas of study include -
- Control and measurement
- Strain sensors
- Sensors vs. transducers
- Open loop vs. closed loop
- Feedback control systems
- Industrial solid-state sensors
- Final correcting devices
- Data acquisition
- Pressure sensing devices
- Signal conditioning
- Flow sensing devices
- Process control modes
- Input transducers
- Level sensing detection
- Industrial software applications
- Industrial safety applications
Course Addendum - Syllabus (Click to expand)
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