450-8703/01 – Sensor Systems for Automotive (SSA)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Cybernetics and Biomedical EngineeringCredits6
Subject guarantordoc. Ing. Bohumil Horák, Ph.D.Subject version guarantordoc. Ing. Bohumil Horák, Ph.D.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year3Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2010/2011Year of cancellation2020/2021
Intended for the facultiesUSPIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
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HOR02 doc. Ing. Bohumil Horák, Ph.D.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 3+3
Part-time Credit and Examination 0+14

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Students will get acquainted with a group of sensors and sensor systems implemented in vehicles and their testing systems. The study will focus on issues of actual sensor systems in the automotive field.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Individual consultations
Experimental work in labs
Project work

Summary

The course focuses on the issue of testing and measurement of noneleectric quantities, sensors and detectors and their application in the automotive industry. Theoretical lectures describing the various sensor systems are complemented by practical measurements in the laboratory. Student prepare a semestral project.

Compulsory literature:

1. Turner, J.: Automotive sensors, Momentum press, 2009 ISBN 978-1-60650-011-8 2. Hatch, S.V.: Computerized engine control, Delmar cengage Learning, 2009, ISBN 978-1428399969 3. Sinclair: Sensors and Transducers. Newnes Oxford, 1988 4. Barney, G.C.:Inteligent Instrumentation, Prentice Hall, UK. 1988.

Recommended literature:

1. Turner, J.: Automotive sensors, Momentum press, 2009 ISBN 978-1-60650-011-8 2. Hatch, S.V.: Computerized engine control, Delmar cengage Learning, 2009, ISBN 978-1428399969 3. Sinclair: Sensors and Transducers. Newnes Oxford, 1988 4. Barney, G.C.:Inteligent Instrumentation, Prentice Hall, UK. 1988.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

During the semester student prepare protocols from measurements of 5 laboratory tasks and develop a semester project. Semester project goal is to demonstrate the ability to apply and solve problems of practical tasks. The course is completed the final test.

E-learning

Other requirements

There are not definet other requirements for student

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

Lectures: 1. Sensors, sensor systems definitions. Classification, comparison features, applications, application in the automotive industry. Technological procedures for production of microelectronic sensors. 2. Microelectronic sensors of mechanical signals. Torque sensors, pressure and vibration. Microelectronic pressure sensors and accelerometers. Speed measurement. 3. Application of speed sensors, pressure, vibration, hammering moment in vehicles. 4. Microelectronic sensors of thermal quantities. Temperature sensors. Semiconductor temperature sensors. The use of microelectronic sensors for measuring quantities of heat flow. 5. Thermal Imaging Systems. CCD infrared systems with pyroelectric detectors, infrared CCD quantum systems. 6. Application of temperature sensors in vehicles. 7. Microelectronic sensors magnetic variables. Integrated Hall sensors. Sensors and rotation speed. Navigation systems. 8. Applications of magnetic sensors in vehicles. 9. Microelectronic sensors radiation signals. Non-ionizing radiation detectors. Spectral characteristics of photoelectric sensors and its possible influence. 10. Photoconductive and photovoltaic effect. Photoelectric position sensor-PSD. Image sensors. Image sensors visible radiation. X-Y-addressed sensors. CCD image sensor with a line transmission. CCD image sensor with image transmission. 11. Application of radiation sensors in vehicles quantities. 12. Microelectronic sensors chemical variables. Sensors type ChemFET, IS FET. Chemresistors. Chemical sensors using surface acoustic wave (SAW. Humidity detectors. Integrated oxygen sensors. 13. Application of chemical sensors in vehicles quantities. 14. Processing of sensor signals. Multisensor array. SMART sensors. Laboratories: • Training - safety in laboratory, laboratory work organization during semsester, laboratory tasks. • Pressure measurement. • Flow measurement. • Temperature measurements. • Measurement of position and speed. • Measuring torque and power. • Excursion - vibration measurement. • Excursion – noise measurement. • Excursion - EMC measurements. • Excursion - Measurements of gas mixture composition and emissions. • Consultation of measured laboratory tasks and semestral project

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2010/2011 Winter semester, validity until: 2011/2012 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Exercises evaluation and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Exercises evaluation Credit 45 (45) 0
                Laboratorní práce -měření Laboratory work 20  8
                Semestrální projekt Semestral project 15  5
                Test Written test 10  3
        Examination Examination 55 (55) 0 3
                Písemná zkouška Written examination 45  6
                Ústní zkouška Oral examination 10  5
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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2017/2018 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2017/2018 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2016/2017 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2015/2016 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2014/2015 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2013/2014 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2012/2013 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (B3943) Mechatronics P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (B3943) Mechatronics K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2011/2012 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics P Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan
2010/2011 (B3943) Mechatronics (3906R007) Automotive Electronics K Czech Ostrava 3 Compulsory study plan

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Assessment of instruction



2017/2018 Summer