Introductory Activity for Electrical Instrumentation (Instructor Information) 1.1 2006/09/12 15:42:55.400 GMT-5 2006/09/12 17:19:35.801 GMT-5 Darryl Morrell morrell@asu.edu Darryl Morrell morrell@asu.edu Instructor Information Instrumentation Introduction This module provides some instructor information for the Introductory Activity for Electrical Instrumentation module. This module provide instructor information for the Introductory Activity for Electrical Instrumentation module.

Activity Objectives Students identify components of an instrumentation system. Students describe the function of the instrumentation system components. Students demonstrate a conceptual understanding of bandwidth and accuracy.

Instructor Information Students work in teams. Each student team observes a data acquisition system that is set up to measure a physical quantity; for example, shows a data acquisition system that uses an IR distance finder to measure distance. The teams describe the components of the data acquisition system, as well as how these components are connected. They compare the components and connections to information in preliminary reading, and then answer questions about bandwidth and accuracy.

A data acquisition system set up to measure distance using an IR distance sensor.