COM4LAB: Sensor Technology

The COM4LAB course “Sensors” covers the fundamentals and basic concepts of sensor technology. Typical sensors are explained in terms of their function and worked out practically using a variety of experiments. The course consists of 10 chapters.

Total duration: Up to 8 hours

Target audience

The course can be used to support the training process for the following professions and degree programmes:

• Electronics technician for automation technology
• Electronics technician for energy and building technology
• Electronics technician for devices and systems
• Electronics technician for information and systems technology
• Electronics technician for machine and drive technology
• Aircraft electronics technician
• Microtechnologist
• Metrology (Bachelor)
• Sensor technology (Bachelor)

Learning objectives

The students should:

• Understand the basic principles of various typical sensors and
• Understand the measurement of basic physical quantities.

Topics

The course will cover the following topics:

• Temperature measurement

  Measuring circuits - temperature sensors: Pt100, NTC, KTY and thermocouple

• Pressure measurement
• Force measurement

  with strain gauges - with bending beam

• Torque measurement

  with torsion bar

• Angle and speed measurement

  with optical encoder

• Displacement measurement

  resistive - capacitive - inductive - with ultrasonic sensor - with Hall sensor - with reed sensor

• Light measurement

Previous knowledge

Students need basic previous knowledge of electronic components and measurement technology in order to successfully complete the course. The use of simple formulae is a prerequisite.