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y CC W1-2-60-1-6 JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY 0} iF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2018/2019 FIRST SEMESTER FOURTH YEAR EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING EEE 2407: INSTRUMENTATION DATE: MARCH 2019 TIME: 2 HOURS INSTRUCTIONS: Answer Question ONE and any other TWO Questions only Question ONE carries 30 marks and all others carry 20 marks each Qi: 2) A piezoelectric transducer has a capacitance of 660 pF and a charge sensitivity of 240 x 10"2C/m. The connecting cable has a capacitance of 300 pF, while the oct used for read out has a resistance of 1 MO with a parallel capacitance of 50 pF. i. What is the sensitivity in V/m of the transducer alone? (2 Marks) ii, Whatis the high frequency sensitivity in V/m of the entire measuring system? (@ Marks) iii. What is the lowest frequency that can be measured ‘with 5% amplitude error by the entire system? (2 Marks) iv. What is the value of an external shunt capacitance that can be connected in. order to extend the range of 5% error down to 10 Hz? (2 Marks) vy. With external capacitance calculated in (iv) above connected in the circuit what is the system high frequency sensitivity? (2 Marks) b) Differentiate the following terminologies as used in engineering instrumentation. i. Transducer and sensor (@ Marks) ‘Accuracy and precision ) Intrinsic and extrinsic fibre optic sensors ¢ eed Piezo-electric and piezo-resistive sensing technique Urea a Analogue signals and digital signals G Mah °) ixplain the merits i i ) Expl sof using a smart sensor instead of a non-smart one. (4 Marks) 4) A loaded cel is calibrated in an environment at a temperature of 21°C and ature of an following deflection/load characteristics: ee wetwe 2 Ee ee | ' 200 0 50 100 150 ‘ Toad (ke) a Tie 4 Deflection (mm) | 0.0 1.0 20 3.0 x 4 ‘When used at an environment at 35°C, its characteristics change to the following: Load (kg) 0 50 100 150 200 Deflection (mm) [02 13 24 35 46 i. Determine the sensitivity at 21°C and 35°C. @ Marks) ii, Calculate the total zero drift and sensitivity drift at 35°C. (3 Marks) 2: a) Explain the difference between systematic and random errors. What are the typical sources of these types of errors? @ Marks)

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