Course EA3201 · Year III · Summer 2026-2027

Data Acquisition Systems

Compulsory course in Applied Electronics, taught by Mircea Rîșteiu.

Overview

Lecturer
Mircea Rîșteiu
Seminar tutor
Mircea Rîșteiu
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Electronic engineering and telecommunications
Field of study
Applied Electronics
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Class
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, industrial cases studies, exemplification, exercises, simple projects development. Infrastructure: LabVIEW and NI DAQ
Entry requirements
Fundamentals in Electronics, Fundamentals in Digital Electronic Circuits

Aims

To understand how to implementing an analog/digital signal acquisition in a graphical programming environment

To design a standard hardware/software architecture for industrial DAQ systems

To create standard interfaces for general DAQ systems

Course contents

Basic architectures od Data Aquisition Systems (DAQ), Signals IO for DAQ, Sampling theory, Conditioning systems for DAQ, Sensors interfacing for DAQ, Interpolation and extrapolations in DAQ analysis , Interpretation of data handled in DAQ systems, DAQ hardware design, Dataloggers, Networked DAQ

Learning outcomes

Temporal, spectral and statistical characterization of signals; Explanation and interpretation of signal acquisition and processing methods; Design of basic functional blocks for digital signal processing with hardware and software implementation;  Use of simulation media (Matlab/ Labview) for signal analysis and processing; Design of functional blocks elementary digital signal processing with hardware and software implementation; Design of dedicated equipment in the fields of applied electronics, which use: microcontrollers, programmable circuits or computer systems with simple architecture, including related programs

Assessment

Oral examination - 10%, Verification during the semester (project development and presentations) - 90%.

Recommended reading

Practical DAQ for Instrumentation and Control Systems, ISBN 0750657960
John Park, Steve Mackay
Elsevier, 2003/ revised 2015
Instrumentation Reference Book, 3rd Edition, ISBN 075067123
Walt Boyes
BH
Smart Sensors Systems, ISBN 9780470866917
Gerard C.M. Meijer
John Wiley, 2008, revised 2018