48570 Data Acquisition and Distribution

6cp

Requisite(s): ((48541 Signal Theory OR 48540 Signals and Systems) AND 48441 Introductory Digital Systems)
Fields of practice: Electrical Engineering program
Undergraduate

By the end of this subject students should be able to: analyse, design, build and test data acquisition and distribution systems (DADS), measurement systems, and intelligent instrumentation systems; characterise, specify and select to satisfy the requirements of a DADS: sensors/transducers and associated circuits, transducer analogue interfacing and signal conditioning circuits, and data conversion devices and systems; interface DADS to computers, plant and installations; and write, test and embed control and programming software for DADS interfacing.

Material to be taught and learnt includes: applications, requirement specifications and typical architectures of DADS; general performance characteristics of DADS components and subsystems; physical principles and design fundamentals of sensors and transducers; mechanical, temperature, pressure, flow-rate, level transducers and applications; optoelectronic transducers and applications; transducer analogue interfacing; precision amplifiers and low-level signal conditioning; noise, guarding and shielding in instrumentation systems; data conversion devices and systems; DADS design; time and error budget of DADS; computer structures for DADS; DADS interfacing to computers and control software; intelligent instrumentation systems; and data integrity.

Assessment: Typically this subject will be assessed through laboratory and project work, assignments and a final examination.

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus
Spring semester, City campus
Autumn semester, Hong Kong
Spring semester, Hong Kong
Summer session, Hong Kong
Winter session, Hong Kong

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $889.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,460.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

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