Description

Theory
1

Laboratory
2

Instructors

Carlos Felgueiras

Contents

P1: Analog-to-Digital (ADC) and Digital-to-Analog (DAC) conversion.
P2: Sensors and Transducers
P3: Electric/Electronic and Electromechanical Actuators
P4: Interface circuits (between devices)
P5: AC-DC and DC-DC converters
P6: Feedback (in electronic systems)
P7: Signal conditioning.
P8: Phase locked loops and frequency synthesizers
P9 - Approach to formal aspects of writing and presentation

Learning Outcomes

O1: master the fundamental concepts associated with analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) conversion;
O2: understand the principles of transduction and measurement of nonelectric quantities; sensors in the context of monitoring/control systems;
O3: assimilate the principles associated to electronic and electromechanical actuators;
O4: know the interface circuits between devices that ensure their interoperability;
O5: master the fundamentals of AC-DC and DC-DC converters, for different voltage levels;
O6: learn to analyze a feedback system in the context of amplifiers and oscillators;
O7: know how to analyze and size signal conditioning circuits (of sensed systems), mainly using operational amplifiers;
O8: ability to analyze frequency mixers, sine oscillators, phase locked loops and frequency synthesizers.
O9 - Be able to write a report taking into account formal aspects