Course Number and Title:

Credit Hours:
Pre Requisite
Instructor (s):
Lab Engineer:
Compulsory/Elective:
If Elective: Depth Core/
Breadth Core:

EE-315 Instrumentation & Measurements

3+1
None
Dr. Salman Amin/Engr. Hammad Shaukat
Engr. H. Mehboob Riaz
Compulsory

Course Schedule:

Lecture:
Lab:
Office hours:

3 hours/week
3 hours/week
4 hours/week

Course Assessment:

Assignments:
Quizzes:
Course project:
Lab work:
Exams:

3
3
1
16 experiments
Mid-semester and Final

Grading Policy:

Quizzes:
Assignments/Course project:
Lab work:
Mid-Semester:
End-Semester:

7%
13%
* Separate exam
30%
50%

Text Book(s):

Reference Book(s):

Electronic Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques by W.D. Cooper & A.D. Helfrica

Electronic Instrumentation by H S Kalsi, 3rd Edition.

B. L Theraja.

Course Objective:

To introduce the students with various electrical instruments and sensors, their construction and wo
with the proper use of instruments for measuring electrical and non-electrical quantities.

Course Learning Outcome

CLO-1:
CLO-2:

CLO Statement
Basic definitions & mathematical/statistical skills to interpret measured data.
Learn about instruments/sensors and knowledge to apply them properly to get
accurate measurements.
Semester project to impart skills in students about the use of transducers.

CLO-3:
Topics covered in the
course and level of
coverage:

PLO
PLO-1
PLO-3
PLO-4

Acquaint students with various terminologies related to instrumentation and

measurement and knowledge about basic statistical skills to interpret data.
Engineering units and standards

3h

Transducers/sensors

6h

Principles of operation, construction and working of different analog meters.

9h

Principles of operation of digital meters.

Oscilloscope
AC and DC bridges
Instrument transformers

6h
6h
6h
3h

3h

Program learning
outcomes and how they are
covered by specific course
outcomes

3h
3h

signal generators
static and dynamic responses of instrumentation and signal conditioning

Detailed Contents
Basic definitions about instruments and measurement including terminologies:
Sensitivity, resolution, accuracy, precision, error(types of error). Statistical tools:
Arithmetic mean, deviation from mean, standard deviation, Variance, Normal
distribution curve, probable error, limiting error.
SI units for electrical quantities including standards for resistor, capacitor and
inductor, voltage & current.
Transducer (sensors): active/passive transducers, resistance based, capacitance based
and inductance based transducers.
Transducer (sensors): Resistive position transducer, thermistor, RTD, strain gauge,
capacitive transducer, flow meter, techo-generator, LVDT, Photoconductive cell,
photo-multiplier tube, photovoltaic cell, photo-diode and photo-transistor, thermocouple
Analog meters: PMMC type instrument, restoring torque, static and dynamic
response of instruments, Moving iron type, electrodynamometer type instrument.
Their conversion to Ampere meter, voltmeter and watt meter.

PLO

Induction type instruments, watt meter, energy meter. Hot wire instrument

PLO-3

Frequency and power-factor meter, potentiometer.

PLO-3

Introduction to digital meters, Ramp Type DVM

PLO-3

Dual slop integrating type DVM, Integrating type DVM

PLO-3

Oscilloscope: Electron gun assembly, vertical/horizontal amplifiers, triggered sweep

generator.
Oscilloscope: Functional block diagrams of various parts of oscilloscope, bandwidth,
modes of operation of CRO, demonstration of oscilloscope opertion/working in class.
DC bridges: Wheat stone bridge, slight unbalance condition and its equivalent circuit,
Kelvin double bridge. Introduction to AC bridges

PLO-1
PLO-1
PLO-4
PLO-4

PLO-3

PLO-3
PLO-3
PLO-3

AC bridges: Maxwell, Hay, Shearing and Weins bridge.

PLO-3

Instrument transformers: CT and PT and their use

PLO-3

Signal Generators.

PLO-3

Course summary.

PLO-2

Laboratory Experiment List (Practical)

Week
No.
1

Exp.
No.
1

2
3
4

2
3
4

7
8
9

7
8
9

10

10

11
12

11
12

13

Title

CLO

PLO

Introduction to LabVIEW

CLO-1

PLO-1

Familiarization with Instrument Symbols

CLO-1

PLO-1

Calibration of single phase Static & analog Energy Meter

CLO-1

PLO-1

To study the Loading effect of instruments

Measurement of medium & small resistance using
Wheatstone & Kelvin Bridges
Use of CT & PT for range extension of Voltmeter, Ammeter &
Wattmeter
Calibration of Single phase Analog Power factor Meter

CLO-1

PLO-1

CLO-1

PLO-1

CLO-1

PLO-1

CLO-2

PLO-2

Use of Maxwell for the measurement of L-Q , C-D , Z-R

CLO-2

PLO-2

Calibration of Wattmeter by Phantom loading method

Measurement of 3 phase power (Star connected) by 2
wattmeter method
Calibration of CRO & its application to measure inductance

CLO-2

PLO-2

CLO-2

PLO-2

CLO-2

PLO-2

Single phase power measurement by 3 Voltmeter method

CLO-2

PLO-2

13

To study Transformers No Load characteristics

CLO-2

PLO-2

14

14

Data Acquisition in LabVIEW

CLO-2

PLO-2

15

15

Use of Clamp on Power meter YOKOGAWA CW-240

CLO-2

PLO-2

16

16

Single phase power measurement by 3 Ammeter method

CLO-2

PLO-2

Mapping of CLOs with PLOs and Blooms Taxonomy Cognitive Levels:

PLO
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 11
CLO-1
C1
CLO-2
C2
CLO-3
C3
CLO-4

Mapping of CLOs with Assessment Methods:

CLOs/Assessment
Assignments:
Project:
Quizzes:
Lab work:
Mid-Semester:
End-Semester:

CLO-1

CLO-2

CLO-3

CLO-4

12