Electronics and Instrumentation 2(1-1)(PGP 4107)
Course Level:
2
Course Credit:
2CU
Description:
This course covers transducers, transmitters and receivers, and gives examples of measuring
instruments and of regulators. Students get to experiment with these instruments.
Course Objectives
At the end of the course the student should be able to:
1. Use the different theories dealing with electronic devices;
2. Connect more advanced circuitry;
3. Apply the knowledge to the repair and maintenance of electronic devices.
Course Outline
Content
Hours
Transducers: photodetectors, light emitting displays, mechanical detectors, 15
thermoelectric transducers, radiation transducers.
Transmitters and receivers: signal generators and detectors, transmission, 15
modulation and demodulation, radio receiver.
Examples of measuring instruments: the multimeter, the oscilloscopes, 15
pressure gauges.
Examples of regulators: thermostats, automatic switching, remote control.
Mode of delivery
This course will be taught using lectures, assignments, tests and practicals.
Assessment
Assignments, tests and practicals
Final examinations
40%
60%
Reading List
 CIROVIC, M. (1987). Basic Electronics: Devices, Circuits and Systems. Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
 KAPLAN D. M. & WHITE C. G. (2003). Hands-on Electronics: A practical Introduction
to Analogue and Digital Circuits. Cambridge University press.
 SEETI, M. Basic Electronics: Distance Education study materials.

de SA, A. (1999): Principles of Electronic Instrumentation 2nd. Ed. Butterworth
Heinemann, 288p.

O’DELL. T.H. (2002): Circuits for Instrumentation. Cambridge University Press