ENME443-12S2 (C) Semester Two 2012

Computer Control and Instrumentation

12 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 9 July 2012
End Date: Sunday, 11 November 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 22 July 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 7 October 2012

Description

Computer control architecture and components, transducers and interfaces, actuators, programmable logic controllers, instrumentation techniques, data acquisition, supervisory control.

The cross coded courses are designed to cater for engineering students from different majors – electrical, mechanical, and mechatronics, and others. They have the same set of lectures, but different labs / project.

Learning Outcomes

  • The courses aim to introduce students to principles, techniques and design aspects of instrumentation and measurement. At the end of courses, students will:

  • Understand instrumentation basics
  • Understand sensing techniques and their applications
  • Ability to analyse measurement data and uncertainty
  • Understand instrumentation techniques through laboratories.
  • Understand signal conditioning and processing techniques
  • Ability to apply instrumentation techniques to system modelling and control

Prerequisites

ENME333, ENME339

Restrictions

Course Coordinator

XiaoQi Chen

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Final Exam 40%
Labs (5 x 6%) 30% Lab due dates: 16/7/12, 23/7/12, 30/7/12, 6/8/12, 13/8/12
Test 06 Sep 2012 30%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Richard S. Figliola, Donald E. Beasley; Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements ; 4th Edition; Wiley.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $622.00

International fee $3,500.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mechanical Engineering .

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