EE3901 - Sensor Technologies
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Science and Engineering |
Fundamentals of sensors and actuators (transducer behaviour, signal conditioning and conversion); Types of sensors and operating principles: Micro electro-mechanical systems, accelerometers, gyroscope, magnetometers, altimeters/barometers, photodetectors, GPS, Remote emotive computing (RMC); Sensor fusion and error correction; Analog interfacing and circuit consideration: current loops, frequency response, amplifiers, filtering; Sensor properties/behaviour: resolution, accuracy, noise, hysteresis, drift, temperature coefficient; Applications: precision agriculture, structural health monitoring, environmental monitoring, traffic control, health care etc.
Learning Outcomes
- Define different types of sensors; their operating principles; properties and behaviours;
- Design and fabricate different types of sensors and actuators;
- Design and maintain sensor networks with understanding of concepts of sensor fusion and error corrections;
- Appreciate and use sensors for various applications such as precision agriculture, structural health monitoring, environmental monitoring, traffic control, health care etc.
| Prerequisites: | EE2201 CC2511 |
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| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 22-Mar-2018 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); quizzes or tests (10%); assignments (40%). |
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