48570 Data Acquisition and Distribution

6cp
Requisite(s): ((48541 Signal Theory AND 48520 Electronics and Circuits) 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 is 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

2008 contribution for post-2008 Commonwealth-supported students: $907.50
Note: Students who commenced prior to 1 January 2008 should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth Supported places.

2008 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,532.00

Note: Fees for Postgraduate domestic fee-paying students and international students are charged according to the course they are enrolled in. Students should refer to the Annual Fees Schedule.

Subject EFTSL: 0.125

Access conditions

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