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ME 11: Measurement and Instrumentation

Measurement error and uncertainty, sensors and signal conditioning, sampling, data acquisition and calibration.

Measurement error and uncertainty, sensors and signal conditioning, sampling, data acquisition and calibration. Free courses and textbooks, a self-check for every unit, and a build you can rerun, confirmed by people. Course 11 of the Varsity Curriculum: Mechanical Engineering.

Part of: Mechanical Eng. · Proves for: UG

1 required outcomes12 weeksCredential on completion

Path outcomes

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SkillsOptional

ECE 1: Circuits and Electronics

ECE 1: Circuits and Electronics, for bridges and amplifiers (reused from the ECE curriculum; optional here).

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4 milestones

  1. 1Resistive networks and the lumped abstraction
  2. 2The digital abstraction, MOSFET switches and amplifiers
  3. 3Energy storage, dynamics and sinusoidal steady state
  4. 4Build and measure an RC and an RLC filter
SkillsOptional

Learn the Theory of Statistics (MIT 18.650)

Statistics (reused from the Mathematics curriculum; optional here).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Do the problem sets and write them up
  2. 2Derive and test an estimator
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ME 11: Measurement and Instrumentation

Course 11: 3 units and a build.

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4 milestones

  1. 1Measurement error, statistics and uncertainty
  2. 2Sensors and signal conditioning
  3. 3Sampling, data acquisition and calibration
  4. 4Measure g three ways, with full uncertainty budgets

Resources for this path

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Free lecture videos and notes. NPTEL's proctored exam and certificate are optional and cost money; you never need them here.

Free US government handbook on measurement statistics and process characterisation.

Free short guide to Type A and Type B uncertainty and how to report it.

Free international guide to measurement uncertainty, with worked examples in Annex H.

Free, open-source app from RWTH Aachen (Android and iOS) that records your phone's sensors.