Transducers For Instrumentation

Participants join this course to learn how sensors and transducers work and how to use them in real-world applications. It helps them gain practical skills in generating and processing sensor data for electronics and microcontroller projects.

• Intro

• Introduction to Transducers, Sensors and Actuators; Transduction Principles and Classification

• Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Transducers; Accuracy vs Precision

• Errors in Measurement and Instrumentation; Propagation of Errors

• Thermal Sensors: Equilibrium and Predictive Measurements

• Thermal Sensors: Thermocouples, RTDs and Thermistors

• Thermal Sensors: Electrical vs Thermal Networks

• Thermal Sensors: Thermal RC Networks

• Thermal Sensors: Novel Thermal Sensors

• Optical Sensors: Basic Principles and Operations

• Optical Sensors: Interferometric Sensors

• Optical Sensors: Distributed and Bragg Grating-Based Sensors

• Optical Sensors: Working Principles of Optical Detectors

• Optical Sensors: Working Principles of Optical Sources

• Acoustic Sensors: Piezoelectricity and Propagation Modes

• Acoustic Sensors: Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) Sensors

• Acoustic Sensors: Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) Sensors

• Magnetic Sensors: Magnetostriction and Magnetic‑Elastic Sensors

• Magnetic Sensors: Magneto‑resistive Sensors

• Magnetic Sensors: Hall Sensors

• Magnetic Sensors: Linear Amplifier and Schmitt Trigger

• Radiation Sensors: Introduction to Radiation Sensing and Spectroscopy

• Radiation Sensors: Gas Filled and Solid‑State Detectors

• Radiation Sensors: Organic and Inorganic Scintillators

• Smart Sensors: Introduction