1. ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTS
Electronics voltmeter, VTVM Transistor voltmeter, Electronic Multimeter, CRO’s study of
various stages in brief, measurement of voltage, current phase and frequency, special purpose
oscilloscope, measurement of resistance, inductance, capacitance, using Kelvin’s Maxwell’s
and Schering bridge. Effective resistance at high frequency, R meter, LCR meter.
2. INSTRUMENTATION FOR GENERATION AND ANALYSIS OF WAVEFORMS
Signal generators, function generator, wave analyzer, harmonic distortion analyzer, spectrum
analyzer, spectrum analysis.
3. INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMER
Current and potential transformers, constructional features, ratio and phase angle error.
4. TRANSDUCERS
Principles of operation, qualitative treatment of strain gauge, LVDT, thermocouple, piezoelectric
crystal and photoelectric transducers.
5. DATA ACQUISTION SYSTEM
Necessity of recorders, recording requirements, graphic recorders, strip chart recorders,
magnetic tape recorders, digital tape recorders.
6. DISPLAY DEVICES
Electronic indicating instruments, seven segment display, fourteen segmental display Nixie
tube.
7. TELEMETRY
Introduction, method of data transmission, types of telemetry systems and applications.