University of Colorado Boulder - Sensors and Sensor Circuit Design
5.0 /5- Offered byCoursera
- Public/Government Institute
Sensors and Sensor Circuit Design at Coursera Overview
Duration | 32 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Advanced |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
- Overview
- Highlights
- Course Details
- Curriculum
Sensors and Sensor Circuit Design at Coursera Highlights
- This Course Plus the Full Specialization.
- Shareable Certificates.
- Graded Programming Assignments.
Sensors and Sensor Circuit Design at Coursera Course details
- This course can also be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5340, part of CU Boulder?s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.
- After taking this course, you will be able to:
- ? Understand how to specify the proper thermal, flow, or rotary sensor for taking real-time process data.
- ? Implement thermal sensors into an embedded system in both hardware and software.
- ? Add the sensor and sensor interface into a microprocessor based development kit.
- ? Create hardware and firmware to process sensor signals and feed data to a microprocessor for further evaluation.
- ? Study sensor signal noise and apply proper hardware techniques to reduce it to acceptable levels.
- You will need to buy the following components to do the two course projects based on the videos in this module. Note that if you have already purchased the PSOC 5LP PROTOTYPING KIT, you do not need to buy it again.
- These parts may be purchased off the Digikey web site, www. Digikey.com. Or, you may obtain the specs from the site, and purchase them elsewhere.
- These are the part numbers typed out, so you can copy and paste them into the Digikey web site. You will need one of each part.
- 428-3390-ND
- NHD-0216BZ-RN-YBW-ND
- 570-1229-ND
- A105970CT-ND
Sensors and Sensor Circuit Design at Coursera Curriculum
Thermal Sensors
1: Course Introduction
2: Common Types of Sensors and Motors
3: Analog and Digital Interfaces
4: Temperature Sensors and Applications
5: Thermistors: Basic Facts
6: Thermistors: How They Work
7: RTDs: Basic Facts
8: RTDs: How They Work
9: Thermocouples: Basic Facts
10: Thermocouples: How They Work
Week 1 Online Articles
Week 1 Videos
Week 1 Quiz
Sensor Development Kit and Prototyping
1: PSOC Creator, Introduction and Documentation
2: Nscope Introduction
3: PSoC Creator 2 Pin Assignment
4: Automatically Generated Code
5: Adding the LCD display to the Nscope and Developent Kit
6: Debugging with GPIO and DACs
7: Documenting Components not in the PSoC Chip
8: Pin Types
9: Digital to Analog and Back Again
10: A Basic Sensor Interface in PSoC
11: Thermistor Lab, Part 1
12: Thermistor Lab, Part 2
13: Thermistor Lab, Part 3
14: Thermistor Lab, Part 4
Hardware Needed to Do Course Project Based on This Module
Week 2 Online Articles
Week 2 Quiz
Rotary and Flow Sensors
1. Module 3 Introduction
2: Summary of Rotary Sensors and Applications
3: Optical Encoders: How They Work
3a: Measuring Encoder Speed
4: Optical Encoders: Applications
5: Resolvers: How They Work
6: Resolvers: Applications
7: Flow Sensors and Applications
8: Variable Area Flow Sensors
9: Differential Pressure Flow Sensing
10: Vortex Flow Meters
11: Ultrasonic Flow Meters
12: Turbine Flow Meters
13: Thermal Mass Flow Meters
14: Coriolis Flow Meters
Week 3 Online Articles #1
Week 3 Online Articles #2
Week 3 Videos
Week 3 Quiz
Amplifiers and Sensor Noise
1: Module 4 Introduction
2: Why Study Amplification?
3: Basic Amplifiers
4: Instrumentation Amplifier
5: Amplifier Imperfections
6: Amplifier Frequency Response
7: Noise in Sensors
8: Johnson and 1/f Noise
9: Shot and Quantization Noise
10: How Noise Affects Sensor Accuracy
Week 4 Online Articles #1
Week 4 Online Articles
Week 4 Quiz
Course Project
Thermistor Data Collection Assignment
Thermistor Lab Screen Shots
Course Project Quiz
Other courses offered by Coursera
Student Forum
Anything you would want to ask experts?
Useful Links
Know more about Coursera
Know more about Programs
- Engineering
- Instrumentation Technology
- Food Technology
- BTech Chemical Engineering
- Aeronautical Engineering
- AI & ML Courses
- BTech Petroleum Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
- MTech in Computer Science Engineering
- VLSI Design
- Petroleum Engineering
- BTech Robotics Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- BTech in Biotechnology Engineering
- BTech Mechatronics Engineering