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                      | Detailed information | 
                     
                                
                    
                      | Original study plan | 
                      Bachelor's programme Mechatronics 2015W | 
                     
                      
                    
                      | Objectives | 
                      This course aims to teach how to find appropriate sensor principles for a given measurement task, to evaluate and understand their application range and limits, to plan, conduct and evaluate a measurement.
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                      | Subject | 
                      - Overview of sensor effects (galvano-magnetic effect, piezo-resistive-, pieze-electric-, pyro-electric effect, Seebeck-effect, electro-optic effect, etc.)
 
 Temperature measurement
 - Pressure measurement
 - Force measurement
 - Torque measurement
 - Flow measurement
 - Measurement of mechanical stress
 - Measurement of acceleration
 - Sensors based on surface-acoustic waves (SAW)
 - etc.
 
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                      | Criteria for evaluation | 
                      written and oral exam Exam: it is required to acquire more than 50% in the written exam in order to be admitted to the oral part
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                      | Methods | 
                      Theory presented by lecturer
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                      | Language | 
                      German | 
                     
                      
                    
                      | Study material | 
                      Schrüfer, Elmar, Leonhard Reindl. Bernhard Zagar: Elektrische Messtechnik – Messung elektrischer und nichtelektrischer Größen - 12. Auflage. Hanser, 2018, available as e-book download from the JKU library.
Lecture notes: Elektrische Messtechnik und Sensorik I und II (Zusatzsskriptum), available at the institute
 R. Lerch, M. Kaltenbacher., F. Lindiger, A. Sutor: Elektrische Messtechnik – Übungsbuch,. Springer, 2004.
Paul Horowitz, Winfield Hill: Die hohe Schule der Elektronik 1  Analogtechnik. Elektor-Verlag GmbH, 5. Auflage, 2000. 
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                      | Changing subject? | 
                      No | 
                     
                                        
                      | Further information | 
                      none
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