Learn the main notions and applications of electrical and electronic measurements.
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.
Lectures in classroom with supporting material (slides).
1) Basics of electromagnetics
2) Introduction to Measurements
3) Basics of Digital Electronics
4) Introduction to electronic design
5A) A/D and D/A conversion
5B) DAC converter examples
5C) ADC converter examples
Course notes in the form of slides partially in Italian and English.
Textbook fo rthe part on measurement theory discussed in the course:
John Taylor, An Introduction to Error Analysis, 2nd ed., University Science Books, California, 1997. ISBN: 0-935702-42-3
Other texts like excerpts, manuals or papers will be provided in the classroom, made available through AulaWeb or a web-link.
Ricevimento: At the end of each lecture, or upon agreement with email request at andrea.mariscotti@unige.it or a direct phone call (010-3352169).
ANDREA MARISCOTTI (President)
MARIA PIA SORMANI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)
Written test. Questions with open answers of various difficulty levels and different weighting.
