Vak: Sensor Technology Basics credits: 3

The student:

• Use, write and interpret basic syntax structures;
• Explain and give examples of different data types, methods of memory allocation, library development and usage;
• Apply basic programming techniques to practical computer engineering problems;
• Build simple computer applications using a programming tool;
• Interface with a specific hardware platform for sensor applications;
• Programme different data communication  protocols typically used for sensors.

 
Operating Systems
 
Biological Sensors

The student:

• describes the biological principles and application of a given biosensor;
• performs an experiment with a given biosensor and interprets the results.

Chemical Sensors
The student:

• determine the type of chemical sensor present given a small list of possible sensors and by measuring output voltages of this sensor of various known solutions;
• explain that output voltages of chemical sensors are generally not linear with concentration and not ion-specific;
• predict whether a spontaneous redox reaction will take place given the chemicals present and using the electrochemical series;
• list at least three factors that can affect the Galvanic cell potential;
• measure the relative reduction potential of a redox couple by using a voltmeter;
• estimate the concentration of a given ion in a solution with unknown.