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    Apr 27, 2024  
MCCC College Catalog 2022-23 
    
MCCC College Catalog 2022-23 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ELEC 145 - Data Acquisition and Instrumentation


Credit Hours: 4
Billable Contact Hours: 6
Prerequisites: ELEC 125 
Corequisite: ELEC 132  
Session Cycle: WI

This course will provide students with the necessary background, theory and laboratory experience to utilize Windows-based computers, LabView software, interface hardware and software for data recording, analysis and on-line control of industrial processes. Multiple inputs and data logging, A/D conversion and various computer interface bus standards are discussed and implemented. This course also examines the characteristics and limitations of common electronic instruments. Topics covered include safety and lab techniques, op-amp circuits, AC and DC meters, digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, potentiometers and potentiometric bridges, transducers, signal-processing circuits, fiber optics and automatic test equipment.