IT-5934 Trainer introduces students to input and output transducers related to proximity, vibration, ultrasonic, Infrared, PIR and environment, signal conditioning circuits and display devices through a wide range of practical activities. The study module includes transducers and instrumentation trainer and a curriculum manual.
Experiments:
Positional Resistance Transducers
- Basic construction of rotary and slider variable resistors
- State that the resistance section may be either a carbon track or wirewound
- Characteristics of output voltage against variable control setting
- Comparison of a carbon track variable resistor to the wirewound type
Signal Conditioning Amplifier
- Characteristics and application of DC amplifiers
- The term “Offset” and the need for offset control
- Characteristics and application of an AC amplifier
- Characteristics and application of a power amplifier
- Characteristics and application of a differential amplifier
Comparators, Oscillators and Filters
- Characteristics of a comparator
- Effect of hysteresis on the operation of a comparator
- Characteristics of an alarm oscillator
- The term “latch” applied to an alarm oscillator
- Characteristics of a 40KHz oscillator
- Characteristics of band pass filters
- Characteristics of low pass filters
Ultrasonic Transducer Measurements
- Ultrasonic Transducer Characteristics
- Ultrasonic Echo Receiver Measurement
- Distance Measurement using Ultrasonic Echo
Infrared Transducer Measurements
- Infrared Transducer Characteristics
- Infrared Echo Receiver Measurement
- Distance Measurement using Infrared Echo
PIR Transducer Measurements
- PIR Transducer Characteristics
- PIR Transducer Measurement
- Object Detection using PIR Transducer
Environmental Measurements
- Construction and characteristics of a humidity transducer
- Construction and characteristics of a Smoke transducer
- Constructing a Smoke Alarm
- Construction and characteristics of a Vibration transducer
- Constructing an Alarm based on Vibration Sensor
- Construction and characteristics of a Touch transducer
- Constructing an Alarm based on Touch Sensor
