Opinto-opas

Osaamistavoitteet

The student knows the principles of the most common sensors and understands their operating principles. He/she is acquainted with the physical effects and mathematical principles related to sensors. The student is able to utilize his/her knowledge in various measurement tasks as well as to design and build new sensor based implementations. He/she has a good overview of instability and terminology related to measurement technology.

Sisältö

1. Sensors and transmitters
heat/temperature sensors
pressure sensors
flow sensors
level sensors
mechanical motion (displacement, position, velocity, acceleration) sensors
proximity sensors
RFID sensors

2. Micro- and biosensors
physical sensors
chemical sensors
biological sensors
electrochemical sensors
microfluidics fundamentals

3. Optical sensor basics and applications
optical sensors
image sensors (CCD, CMOS, MCP)

4. Sensor interfaces
sensors in process control
signal processing (filtering and amplifying)
sensor protection

Oppimateriaalit

Lecture material, links to various manufacturer’s web based documents, component data sheets.