SENSOR TECHNOLOGY

General Info

• Course Title: Sensor Technology
• Course Code: NAOΜE1357
• Semester: 7th
• Course Type: S.¹
• Weekly Teaching Hours: 3 (Lectures)
• Credits (ECTS): 4
• Offered to ERASMUS+ students: No
• Course Website: https://eclass.uniwa.gr/courses/NA239/
• Professors: D. Pagonis

Course Content / Syllabus

Fundamentals of measurement systems - main characteristics of sensing devices (IFS,OFS, sensitivity, drift, transfer function, etc.) Fundamentals of microelectronics/microsensors (fabrication techniques, development stages etc.). Principle of operation for basic sensing elements employed on board ship (Resistance Temperature Sensors (RTDs), thermocouples, pressure sensors, flow sensors, magnetic (Hall) position sensors, etc.). Characteristics and technical specifications of typical industrial sensors employed onboard- examples of application. Sensor signal conditioning circuits (voltage/current divider, Wheatstone bridge configurations, voltage follower/buffer, comparator/Schmitt trigger, Analog to Digital Converters (ADC), Digital to Analog Converters (DAC), multiplexing/demultiplexing circuits).

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