AMRITA VISHWA VIDYAPEETHAM, BENGALURU

COURSE PLAN
Academic year: 2017-18 Semester: IV/Even
Department: Electrical and Electronics Engineering Programme: B.Tech
Course Code: 15EEE213 Course Title: Electrical Measurements

Lecture Topics Key-words Objectives Remarks

No(s)

Introduction, performance characteristics, errors in To emphasis on types of errors Chapter 1

measurements, types of static errors, sources of ,causes of errors and techniques to
error, dynamic characteristics, statistical analysis, improve quality of measurement H.S.Kalsi

1-2 Qualities of measurements standards 1.1,1.2,1.3,1.4,1.5,1.6,

1.7only, 1.8,1.9

Wheat stone bridge, kelvin’s bridge, inductance Measurement of Passive Chapter 11

and capacitance measurements –Maxwell’s bridge, component values by using DC
De-sauty’s bridge, Schering bridge, wein bridge and AC bridges H.S.Kalsi
and Anderson’s bridge 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.8,
11.9, 11.10, 11.11,
3-7 DC and AC Bridges 11.13, 11.14, 11.18,
11.20, 11.22

Basic movement, taut band, moving iron To emphasis on working principle Chapter 2
instruments, Electrodynamometer type instruments of different instruments and its
8-10 Analog instruments (EDM). applications H.S.Kalsi

2.2, 2.3, 2.5, 2.4

Ammeter, multirange ammeter, aryton shunt, Extension of meter range Chapter 3

Extension of meter ranges.
11-12 Measurement of current H.S.Kalsi

3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5

13-14 Basic meter as volt meter, multi range voltmeter, Extension of meter range Chapter 4
extension of voltmeter range, loading effect.
H.S.Kalsi
 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6,
4.7, 4.8
Measurement of voltage
15-16 AC voltmeter using half wave and full wave Conversion of a basic meter for 4.12,4.13,
rectifier, average, peak and true RMS voltmeters. AC measurement 4.14,4.16,4.17, 4.18

Periodical-I

17-19 Instrument transformers Current transformer, ratio and phase angle error, high values of current and voltage A.K.sawhney
potential transformer. measurement
Chapter 10

10.2,10.3,10.4,

10.5to10.5.2, 10.6 to
10.6.3

20 – 23 EDM type watt meter, LPF watt meter, errors in To understand the working of A.K.sawhney
watt meter. EDM type meters and its
Measurement of power and calibration Chapter11
energy 11.1,11.2,11.3, 11.5

24-27 Induction type energy meter, errors in energy To understand the working and A.K.sawhney
meter, calibration of meters, Single phase EDM calibration of induction type
type power factor meter instruments and EDM type Chapter 12
Instruments 12.7 to 12.7.8,13.1.1

Basic principle, CRT features, block diagram of To emphasis on the basic principle Chapter7 H.S.Kalsi
oscilloscope, vertical and horizontal amplifier, of a CRO
triggering pulse circuit 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.7,
7.8, 7.9,7.10, 7.11
28-29
30-32 oscilloscope Dual beam and dual trace CRO, sampling To understand the working of 7.14, 7.15 only, 7.17
oscilloscope special type of CRO’s

Storage oscilloscopes ,digital storage oscilloscope, To study the special techniques to 7.18, 7.32only, 7.20
applications of CRO (lissajous pattern ) store the pattern on CRO screen
33

Periodical Test II
Electrical transducers, selecting a transducers, To understand change in resistance Chapter 13
resistive transducers, strain gauge, thermistor, w.r.t. change in physical
RTD parameters H.S.Kalsi

13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 13.6,

13.8, 13.20.2 only
34-35

Inductive transducers, LVDT To understand change in 13.9 {Upto 13.9.3-

inductance w.r.t. change in Fig.13.16(a)},
36 physical parameters 13.11only
Transducers
Capacitive transducers To understand change in 13.13
capacitance w.r.t. change in
physical parameters

37 Piezo electric, photo voltaic cell, photo diode, 13.15,13.17, 13.18,

photo transistors. 13.19

38-39 Ramp and dual slope integrating type DVM, To study voltage to time Chapter 5
successive approximation type analog to digital conversion and analog to digital
conversion techniques conversion H.S.Kalsi

5.2, 5.3, 5.6

 Digital voltmeters Resolution, sensitivity of digital meters, digital To emphasis on characteristics of 5.8, 5.9, Chapter 6
frequency, time and phase measurements. digital meters
40-41 H.S.Kalsi6.3 to till
6.3.2, 6.4, 6.12

Block diagram, signal conditioning systems, Significance and types of signal Chapter 14
conditioning
42 H.S.Kalsi

Instrumentation systems 14.1,

Op-amp ideal characteristics, op-amp as inverting Applications of op-amp 14.2, 14.3 to till 14.3.1
,non-inverting, differential amplifier, integrator only
43-45 and differentiator ,instrumentation amplifier

Objectives of DAS, single/multi-channel DAS Different topologies of DAS Chapter17 HSKalsi

46 17.2,17.4only,17.5
(Upto 17.5.3)

47 Digital to analog converters Different techniques for D/A 17.7 to 17.7.3 only
Data acquisition and data conversion
transmission

Data loggers, data transmission systems, Different types of data 17.8 to 17.8.2,
advantages of digital transmission, time division transmission
48 multiplexing Chapter18 HSkalsi

18.2, 18.3,18.4

End Semester Examination

Text Books:

1. H.S.Kalsi, “Electronic Instrumentation”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, 1995.

2. E.W Golding and F.C Widdis, “ Electrical measurements and measuring instruments”, the English Language Book Society,1969
Reference Books:

1. A.K.Sawhney, “A Course in electrical & Electronics Measurements and Instrumentation”, Dhanpat Rai and Sons,1984
2. Deobling E.O, “Measurement systems,Applications and design”, Tata McGraw-hill Publishing Company limited,2004.

Evaluation Pattern:

1. Continuous Assessment Component - 20 (3 Quizzes)

2. Periodical Test 1 - 15
3. Periodical Test 2 - 15
4. End Semester - 50
Total - 100