Environmental SensorsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
- Choose a suitable sensor for a measurement task
- Can recognize the limitations of different sensors
- Explain how different sensors work
- Make a reliable measurement
- Can recognize bad data and artifacts

Content

- Basics of Measurements
- Principles for sensing e.g. displacement, force, pressure, acceleration, temperature, optical radiation, nuclear radiation
- Sensor range, sensitivity, accuracy, repeatability, noise
- Micromechanical sensors
- Optical sensors
- Radiation sensors