Units
Biomedical Instrumentation
Unit code: PCB605
Contact hours: 5 per week
Credit points: 12
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Instrumentation plays an increasingly important role in the life of a scientist. This unit is designed to give you a working knowledge in instrumentations and the principles of circuit theory and electronics that underlie instrumentation. It is offered at this stage of the program since it relies on work developed in the earlier advanced-level units and provides a basis for experimental work in later units. This unit aims to introduce you to the role of instrumentation in modern scientific work. It will provide you with experience in the use of standard electronic laboratory instrumentation and with an opportunity to develop skills in constructing and testing circuits. This unit will also show you how to access and interpret information on various electronic components and enhance your group interaction skills.
Availability
| Semester | Available |
|---|---|
| 2013 Semester 2 | Yes |
Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013
Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.
Rationale
Instrumentation plays an increasingly important role in the life of a scientist. This unit is designed to give you a working knowledge in instrumentations and the principles of circuit theory and electronics that underlie instrumentation. It is offered at this stage of the program since it relies on work developed in the earlier advanced-level units and provides a basis for experimental work in later units.
Aims
This unit aims to introduce you to the role of instrumentation in modern scientific work.
It will provide you with experience in the use of standard electronic laboratory instrumentation and with an opportunity to develop skills in constructing and testing circuits. This unit will also show you how to access and interpret information on various electronic components and enhance your group interaction skills.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this unit you are expected to be able to:
1. analyse the operation of circuits containing both active and passive components.
2. identify and understand some of the applications of various electronic components.
3. design, construct and test a range of basic circuits.
4. use electronic laboratory instrumentation proficiently (e.g. CROs, multimeters etc).
5. identify circuits suited to a particular application and give reasons for the choice.
6. understand the concepts of instrumentation and select or specify appropriate instrumentation for a given application.
Content
Specific topics to be covered:
Approaches to Teaching and Learning
As well as attending lectures covering the topics listed above, you will undertake problem solving exercises and laboratory exercises. Laboratory work will be unstructured and you will be encouraged and assisted to manage your time in the laboratory to cover the assigned material during the course of the semester. Laboratory work will be performed in cooperation with one or two partners.
You are expected to develop generic skills in the areas of: teamwork, technological literacy and time management.
Lectures: 2 hours per week
Practicals: 3 hours per week
Assessment
The assessment in this unit is designed to provide valuable learning experiences as well as formative feedback to enable you to achieve the objectives of this unit and to combine and integrate the knowledge and skills you have acquired throughout the Physics units studied throughout your course.Formative feedback will be provided via the practical exercises as well as through the group discussions occurring in both the lectures and practicals.
Assessment name:
Examination (Theory)
Description:
Formative and summative(Relates to the circuit theory, analogue electronics and digital electronics content).
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, and 3.
Weight:
20%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Mid Semester
Assessment name:
Examination (Theory)
Description:
Summative(Relates to the remainder of the content not examined in the mid-semester examination.
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
Weight:
40%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Exam Period
Assessment name:
Laboratory/Practical
Description:
Formative/summative (The assessment will be based on the content of a laboratory notebook in which the student will record their activities during the laboratory sessions).
Relates to objectives:
3 and 4.
Weight:
40%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
End Semester
Academic Honesty
QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.
A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.
Resource materials
Texts:
1. Hughes E (2005) Electrical and Electronic Technology, 9th edition, Pearson
2. Horowitz & Hill (1989) The Art of Electronics, 2nd edition, Cambridge Univ Press
3. Diefendorfer & Holton (1994) Principles of Electronic Instrumentation, 3rd edition, Saunders
Risk assessment statement
In this unit you will undertake lectures and practicals in classrooms and lecture theatres. There are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit. You will also be required to undertake practical sessions in the electronics laboratory under the supervision of teaching staff and staff of the School. The School's occupational health and safety policies and procedures will apply to these sessions and you will be required to conform to these. You will undergo a short health and safety induction before the commencement of the first practical session.
If you do not follow legitimate instructions or endanger the safety of others or do not act in accordance with the requirements of the Workplace Health and Safety Act, you will be required to leave the session.
Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Last modified: 25-May-2012
