UnitLevel 4Undergraduate

ECE4033 Industrial instrumentation and measurement technologies

Faculty of Engineering

ECE4033 Industrial instrumentation and measurement technologies is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering. It isn't offered in 2020. It needs ECE2071; or (MEC3458 and MEC2407).

Credit points
6
Offered in 2020
Not offered

This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2021 entry.

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Requisites

After ECE4033

No unit lists ECE4033 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Prerequisites: Or TRC2400

Overview

This unit will introduce you to modern instrumentation, measurement theory, control and systems testing. The unit will introduce virtual and modular software and hardware tools and data bus architectures. A brief overview of the relevant industrial standards and protocols as well as expected future development will be included, along with the issues of measurement uncertainties, calibration and statistical analysis of results. There will be an additional section within the unit that will equip you with basic knowledge of occupational health and safety issues related to instrumentation.

Offerings in 2020

The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for ECE4033.

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    To understand the importance of instrumentation in modern manufacturing systems and industrial processes.

  2. 2

    To be capable of integrating different modular instrumentation, measurement, control, computing etc. equipment to form a new system for the given task relevant to the industrial manufacturing environment.

  3. 3

    To be confident in handling commonly employed data communication standards (buses) between host computers and various on-line or semi-autonomous instrumental systems to perform a variety of tasks (data acquisition, control, signal processing, testing, etc.)

  4. 4

    To become familiar with the issues that may cause inaccurate measurements and to be well-versed in the statistical methods in measurement error analysis. To know how to present results in a statistically sound manner and to be able to extract useful information out of raw data using sound statistical methodologies.

  5. 5

    To be aware of the environmental, health and safety issues relevant to high-volume manufacturing in the industry as well as the ability to handle and prevent some common hazardous situations.

Workload and teaching

3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory/practicals and 6 hours of private study per week

Where it fits

ECE4033 is part of 1 area of study in the 2020 handbook.

Contacts

Chief Examiners
Professor Tom Drummond

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for ECE4033?

You need ECE2071; or (MEC3458 and MEC2407) before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.

When is ECE4033 offered?

ECE4033 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.

Which majors and minors include ECE4033?

ECE4033 is part of Electrical and computer systems engineering.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
4
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Organisational unit
Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
20202021