ET 228B - Data Acquisition

Credits: 3

Description
This course provides a detailed look at data acquisition components: analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), digital-to-analog converters (DACs), sample and hold amplifiers, sensors, and PLLs. Op-amp theory and applications are also covered.

Student Learning Outcomes

Understand R-2R ladder networks and binary weighted DACs.
Distinguish between a counter-staircase ADC, successive approximation ADC, flash ADC, and a dual slope integrating ADC.
Design, construct, measure and troubleshoot various op amp circuits, to include amplifiers, threshold detectors, hysteresis circuits, and low-pass/high-pass/band-pass filters.
Draw bode plots corresponding to various filters.
Explain the components of an analog PLL.
Distinguish between common sensor types and the operation of some common types of circuits using sensors.
Demonstrate the operation of key four-layer semiconductor devices including thyristors.

Prerequisite: ET 132B and ET 212B