Sensor Technology - laboratory
Schedule
Who, when and what exercise? --> See the "Marks" section (it will appear after logging in).
The group will be divided into 4 teams: A, B, C, D.
The classes - when?
Tuesdays: 14:45 - 17:00
Dates and numbers of the classes
1. CL 1 (class 1) - 12.03.2019
2. CL 2 (class 2) - 19.03.2019
two weeks without the classes, possibility to retake missed labs
3. CL 3 (class 3) - 26.03.2019
4. CL 4 (class 4) - 2.04.2019
5. possibility to make missing exercises - to be announced
If something is unclear, ask.
Exercises
See links below.
- No. 1 - Piezoelectric vibration sensors
- No. 8 - MEMS acceleration sensors
- No. 2 - Temperature sensors
- No. 4 - Gas sensors
- No. 5 - Photodetectors
Additional sources (some links may be outdated)
Places worth to visit:
MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) at Sandia National Laboratories
SENSOR DEVELOPMENT IN JAPAN
Sensors Magazine - news from world of sensors
Sensors Portal - free articles and news about sensors
Gas sensors companies (a listing)
Ex. 1 and 8 - vibration and acceleration sensors
ADXL2xx (ADXL 202E is used in the lab)
An Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems Engineering by N. Maluf (from page 96)
How does a piezo accel work.pdf
Bacics: Wikipedia
Ex. 2 - temperature sensors
List of temperature sensors - something to start with
AD592 IC - Precision Temperature Transducer (uses pn junction)
TMP35 IC - Voltage Output Temperature Sensor
ADT6401/02 - Pin-Selectable Temperature Switches
Ex. 4 - gas sensors
A Multimedia Guide on Gas sensors (in Polish)
An Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems Engineering by N. Maluf (from page 114)
A review article (worth reading, free access from University IP adresses): "Micromachined metal oxide gas sensors: opportunities to improve sensor performance"
Figaro Inc. - one of the biggest companies on the sensor market (Operation principle, general technical information)
Microsens - a company from Switzerland
FIS - Japanese company (technical information)
Ex. 5 - photodetectors
Description of different photodetectors
Where to buy, who is the producer of photodetectors?
One of the biggest photodetectors supplier - Vishay
Optical Tutorials on Thorlabs.com - worth to see
Free software you can use to calculate data and prepare reports:
SciDavis - Scientific Data Analysis and Visualization, similar to Origin
- SciLab - numerical calculations, similar to Matlab
- Octave - numerical calculations, similar to Matlab
- OpenOffice - everybody knows - similar to MS Office
- TeX/LaTeX - professional manuscript preparation system, WYSIWYG version based on LaTeX: LyX)
- SAL - Scientific Applications for Linux (part of software has also Windows versions)
Regulations
See the file.
