Syllabus - Data Acquisition System (EI 703 (B))

Fundamentals of Data Acquisition Systems

Sensors and Transducers, DAQ Hardware & Software, Noise Parameters of a DAQ System, Accuracy and Precision, Settling Time, Acquisition Time, DC Input Characteristics, Grounding Issues, Types of Measurement Systems, Measuring Signal Sources, NI-DAQ, Overview of NI-DAQmx VIs, NI-DAQmx Task State Model, Triggering, Anti-aliasing Filters, DAQ Device Architectures, Multiple-Point (Buffered) Analog Input, Signal Conditioning, Filtering, Isolation

Data Acquisition Systems: Hardware, Plug-in DAQ Systems, Signal Conditioning, A/D & D/A Converters. Digital Signal Processing, Architecture of a DSP, Microprocessor and Microcontrollers, CPU Structure, Microcontrollers, Microcontroller MAXQ612/622, Amplifier, design for Low-Noise. Maxim Integrated, MAX9632, Multiplexer/Demultiplexer

Power Management

Automotive Power-Management MAX16920, Power-Management ICs for Single-Cell, MAX8662/MAX8663, Timing System, Timing Parameters for Combinational Logic, Timing Parameters for Sequential Logic, Clock Skew & Jitter, MAX9155-Clock, Filtering, Digitally Programmed, Dual Second-Order, Continuous Low-Pass Filter, MAX270/271, Memory Board, 1024-Bit, 1-Wire EEPROM of Maxim Integrated, Bus Interface, MAX3421E, USB Peripheral/Host Controller with SPI Interface, Communication Bus, Bus USB and FireWire, Standardization and Technical Details, USB Connectors, Power Supply, USB Packet and Format, FireWire, USB Peripheral Controller with SPI Interface, MAX3420E, Serial Communications, RS232, MAX220-MAX249. Wireless, Ethernet, and Bluetooth, GSM for Data Acquisition Systems, GPS Receiver, MAX2769, PCI and PCI Express, Standard VME.

Signal Processing

Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Power Spectrum, Spectral Leakage and Smoothing Windows. Filtering, Ideal Filters, Practical (Nonideal) Filters, Advantages of Digital Filters over Analog Filters, IIR and FIR Filters, IIR Filter Comparison, Transient Response of IIR Filters. Digital Signals, Digital I/O, Counters Signals, Counter Chips, Counter I/O, Edge Counting, Pulse Generation, Pulse Measurement, Frequency Measurements, Position Measurement, Synchronization, Explicit State Transitions, Single & Multiple Device Synchronization.

Design of Data Acquisition Systems

Design of High Speed Computer-Based DAS, Requirements, Analysis of Accuracy (Static&Dynamic), Portable DAS, Design Guidelines for High-Performance, Multichannel, Software for Data Acquisition Systems, Introduction, LabVIEW, Android for DAQ, Design of Firmware, VME Bus, Smart Data Acquisition System, MAX1329, Circuit Applications.