Transferable skills: automated laboratory data acquisition

Code:

AADL01

Acronym:

AADL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Engineering and related techniques

Instance: 2024/2025 - 1S (of 07-10-2024 to 22-11-2024)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Transferable Skills: automated laboratory data acquisition

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
CTAADL	0	Syllabus	1	-	1,5	12	40,5
L.AERO	0	Syllabus	3	-	1,5	12	40,5
L.BIO	7	Syllabus	3	-	1,5	12	40,5
L.EA	0	Syllabus	2	-	1,5	12	40,5
L.EC	6	Syllabus	2	-	1,5	12	40,5
L.EGI	0	Syllabus	2	-	1,5	12	40,5
L.EIC	9	Syllabus	2	-	1,5	12	40,5
			3
L.EM	8	Syllabus	3	-	1,5	12	40,5
L.EMAT	0	Syllabus	3	-	1,5	12	40,5
L.EMG	0	Plano de estudos oficial a partir de 2008/09	2	-	1,5	12	40,5
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To promote competences on automation and data acquisition.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should become able to:
- Identify the relevant characteristics of a measurement device 
- Indentify the relevant characteristics of a analog/digital conversion system
- Properly connect mesurement devices to analog/digital conversion systems
- Develop a data acquisition program

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Data acquisition systems
2. Programming for data acquisition

Mandatory literature

Park, J., Mackay, S.; Practical data acquisition for instrumentation and control systems. ISBN: 9780750657969

Complementary Bibliography

Ehsani, B.; Data Acquisition Using LabVIEW. ISBN: 9781782172161

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive and active methods will be used. Introductory modules will be given in classroom. Laboratory practice will be performed in a computer room.

Software

Labview

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho laboratorial	60,00
Teste	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	12,00
Trabalho laboratorial	28,50
Total:	40,50

Eligibility for exams

Faximum 25 % absence, according to FEUP's regulations.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment of work perormed during lab classes.

Classification improvement

Practical exam with 100 % weight.