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119413_1 Sensoristica in Digital management of agriculture and mountain areas LM-69 TABORRI JURI
(syllabus)
The detailed program is as follows: - Topic 1 Metrology, calibration and statistics (8 hours): Measurement process, Systems of measurement units, Transducer, Static metrological characteristics, IInfluencing variables, Design criteria of measurement chains, Dynamic metrological characteristics, Gauss curve and deviation mean value standard, Student's t-distribution, Statistical tests, Confidence interval, Uncertainty of type A, Uncertainty of type B, Propagation of uncertainties; - Topic 2 Amplifiers and filters (4 hours): Inverting configuration, Non-inverting configuration, Instrumentation amplifier, First order low pass filters, First order high pass filters; - Topic 3 Acquisition and analog-digital conversion (4 hours): sampling theorem, quantization, A/D converters; - Topic 4 Temperature and humidity measurements (6 hours): Resistance thermometers, Thermistors, Thermocouples, Integrated circuit thermometers, Chemical thermometers, Moisture meters; - Topic 5 Pressure measurements (4 hours): Liquid column pressure gauge, Bourdon gauge, Diaphragm pressure gauge, Mc Leod vacuum gauge, Thermal conductivity vacuum gauge; - Topic 6 Flow and viscosity measurements (4 hours): Capillary viscometers, Spherical viscometers, Rotational viscometers, Differential pressure flow meters, Turbine meters, Hot wire anemometer; - Topic 7 Air quality measurements (2 hours): pollution sensors, CO2 sensors; - Topic 8 Non-destructive measurements (4 hours): infrared spectroscopy and NIR technology, colorimetry, agricultural applications;
In addition, laboratory/seminar activities are planned:
- Measurement laboratory (2 hours): first and second order instruments, amplifiers, thermometers; - The world of measurements and digital agriculture (4 hours); - Artificial intelligence (4 hours): basics and use in the field of precision agriculture.
(reference books)
For the achievement of the exam, it is sufficient the materials provided by the teacher and uploaded on moodle. For further details, it is suggested to consult the following books: VALLASCAS Fondamenti di misure meccaniche e termiche, Hoepli VALLASCAS, PATANÈ Misure meccaniche e termiche, Hoepli E. O. DOEBELIN Strumenti e metodi di misura, Mac Graw Hill (some chapters)
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