Indicative contents

• Sensors:
  Introduction to Sensors, Classification of Sensors, active and passive transducers, types of sensors.
  Pressure sensors, Flow sensors, Temperature sensors, Strain sensors, Force sensors, Torque sensors, Displacement sensors, Lambda sensors, Accelerometer sensors, Principle of functioning, and its applications in automobiles.
• Actuators:
  Hydraulic actuator, pneumatic actuator.
  Motor drives: stepper motors, brush less DC motors, AC servomotors, etc., Motor drive applications in automobiles.
• Interfacing technique using 8051 Microcontroller:
  Introduction, Architecture, Registers, Addressing Modes, Instruction Set, Embedded C.
  Programming, SFRs, Interrupts, Serial Communication, Timers, Memory Interfacing and Microcontroller based system design.
  Interfacing 8051 Microcontroller With temperature sensor, Displacement sensors, Accelerometer sensors, Liquid crystal display, Stepper Motor and DC Motor.
   

Module Resources

• Essential reading
  1. Course notes
• Recommended Reading
  1. Robert Bosch, Automotive Sensors, Robert Bosch GmbH, February 28, 2002
  2. E Q Doebelin, Measurement Systems, Application and Design, McGraw-Hill, 1990
  3. William B. Ribbens, Understanding automotive electronics, Newnes; 5th edition, April 1, 1998
  4. Ronald k. Jurgen, Automotive Electronics Handbook, McGraw-Hill Inc. 1999
  5. Kenneth J. Ayala, The 8051 Microcontroller – Architecture, Programming & Applications, Penram International Publishing (India), ISBN: 81900082841, 1996.
  6. Muhammed Ali Mazidi and Janice Gillispie Mazidi, The 8051 Microcontroller & Embedded systems, Pearson Education Inc., ISBN: 81-7808-574-7, 2002.