AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The student acquires basic knowledge on circuits and electromagnetism, on binary logic and arithmetic, and on electrical measurements and metrology, so to master laboratory test and measurement tasks. For the vast majority, instrumentation is in fact nowadays electronic and digital.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures in classroom with supporting material (slides).

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

1) Basics of electromagnetics

• Basics of electrotechnics
• Ohm's law and circuit solution with Kirchoff
• Passive components (resistors, inductors, capacitors)
• Introduction to forces and intensity in an electric or magnetic field

2) Introduction to Measurements

• Basics of Measurements
• Sistematici and random errors, related statistics
• Introduction to the law of error propagation

3) Basics of Digital Electronics

• Binary arithmetic
• Decimal/Binary and Binary/Decimal conversion
• Logic gates

4) Introduction to electronic design

• Analog and logic quantities
• Boolean algebra, Boolean equations
• Simplifications and minimizing criteria (Karnaugh)
• Principles of buffering and amplification of signals

5A) A/D and D/A conversion

• General caracteristics of information
• Discretization in time and amplitude
• Sampling, Quantization and Conversion errors
• Electronic instrumentation (basics)

5B) DAC converter examples

• Converters with ladder network R-2R

5C) ADC converter examples

• Converters with successive approximations
• Converters with single and double ramp
• Flash converter

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ANDREA MARISCOTTI (President)

LESSONS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written test. Questions with open answers of various difficulty levels.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Written test. Questions with open answers of various difficulty levels.

Exam schedule