CHEM 7760 - Instrumentation Electronics

This course provides an introduction to electronics theory and measurement. Beginning graduate students gain knowledge of instrumentation electronics so they can better understand measurements made in chemical science and participate in the design and repair of laboratory instrumentation. Specific lecture and laboratory topics include electronic components, resistance and Ohm's law, power sources, Kirchhoff equations, equivalent circuits, a.c. circuits, transformers, noise reduction, ground loops, transducers, measurement (multimeters, oscilloscopes, loading and coupling, high voltage), diodes and transistor, operational amplifiers, and virtual instrumentation (LabView) for data acquisition.