Course of Application of Sensors and Actuators Information about course of Application of Sensors and Actuators at Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad.

Study programme: Power, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering / Microcomputer Electronics

Course code: 06 - H311

ECTS: 6

Year: 3 (bachelor)

Semester: summer

Educational goal

Acquiring basic knowledge in the field of sensors and actuators and their application in industry and mechatronics.

Course content:

Measurement principles and sensor and actuator techniques. Technical properties of sensors and actuators. Methods of sensor and actuators classification. Types of sensors. Sensor application (sensors of linear and angular displacement, speed sensors, accelerometers, force and torque; pressure sensors, level and flow; sensors for measuring temperature and humidity, proximity sensors, tactile sensors). Vision sensors. Types of actuators (electromechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic) and their applications (light modulators and detectors; flow controllers, switches, valves, motors, electromagnets). Packaging (housing). Modern integrated micro-actuators (positioners, optical elements).

Educational outcomes

• Understanding the basic principles of various sensors and actuators, applicable in electronic control circuits in industry and mechatronics
• Ability to understand and interpret technical properties and the right selections of sensors and actuators from the manufacturer manuals for the specific application in industry and mechatronics
• Ability to install and successfully apply sensors or actuators in some industrial process
• Ability to design electronic circuits for signal processing of simple sensors (pressure, temperature or flow rate…)
• Ability to design electronic circuits for excitation and management of simple actuators (motors, valves…).

Lecturers

• Professors: Dr Laslo Nađ, PhD, Jovan Bajić, PhD, Laslo Tarjan, PhD
• Assistants: MSc Marko Vasiljević-Toskić, MSc Milan Bodić

Literature:

1. Popović M., "Senzori i merenja", VEŠ, Beograd, 1995.
2. Popović M., "Senzori u robotici", VEŠ, Beograd, 1994.
3. Shetty D. and Kolk R. A., "Mechatronics System Design", PWS, 1997
4. J. Fraden, "Modern Sensors Handbook", Springer, 2004.
5. Živanov Lj. and Nađ L., "Primena senzora i aktuatora - skripta", FTN, 2009