A sophomore capstone course in measurement and automated data acquisition

A novel multidisciplinary course (Engineering Applications III) was developed that integrates knowledge gained and tools acquired from the introductory freshman circuits, mechanics, and C/C++ courses. It is built around the concepts associated with automated data acquisition systems. This three-quar...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on education 2004-11, Vol.47 (4), p.453-458
Main Authors: DeLyser, R.R., Quine, R.W., Rullkoetter, P.J., Armentrout, D.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Automated data acquisition
Automation
C plus plus
capstone course
Computer aided instruction
Computer science education
Data acquisition
Data acquisition systems
Engineering education
measurement
multidisciplinary
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Summary:A novel multidisciplinary course (Engineering Applications III) was developed that integrates knowledge gained and tools acquired from the introductory freshman circuits, mechanics, and C/C++ courses. It is built around the concepts associated with automated data acquisition systems. This three-quarter-hour, laboratory-intensive course uses a suite of data acquisition equipment located in the computer aided teaching laboratory at the University of Denver, Denver, CO. The presentation format is two lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week. The lectures are designed to cover material that directly supports the laboratories. Early in the course, laboratories explore the subsystems of an automated data acquisition system. The students then learn the operation of a PCMCIA (personal computer memory card international association) data acquisition card, write C/C++ programs to control the data acquisition, learn the operation of analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters, and learn the use of the C/C++ commands provided for controlling these subsystems. These concepts are introduced while doing typical experiments dealing with the measurement of temperature and strain and the evaluation of a temperature controller.
ISSN:0018-9359
1557-9638
DOI:10.1109/TE.2004.825539