Introduction to the course. Causes of uncertainty, random and systematic errors, maximum error, metrological compatibility between measures, error propagation law. Random variables, type uncertainty and its evaluation of category A and category B, law of propagation of uncertainty, composed uncertainty, expanded uncertainty. How to write correctly a measurement result. Measurement procedure and rules for making a good measure. DC power supply and signal generator, connecting cables and visualization of a signal waveform on the DSO. Presentation of the digital multimeter (DMM) DMM specifications. Measurement of DC voltages, measurements of resistances and DC current. Measurement of AC voltages with DMM. AC measurement with the DMM. Introduction to the Voltmeter-Ammeter method for measurement of resistance Indirect measurement of a resistance: - voltmeter downstream - voltmeter upstream Introduction to the 4-wire measurements. Measurement of a small resistance The digital sampling oscilloscope (DSO). Input unit. Sampler & ADC unit. Trigger, CPU and memory, display unit. Vertical axis settings. Vertical axis specifications. Measurement of the effective value of a sinusoidal waveform. Compatibility with the DMM meas. DSO horizontal axis settings and specifications. Measurement of the frequency of a sinusoidal waveform. Duty cycle definition. Duty cycle measurements. Presentation of the probe, compensation of the probe. Filter frequency response and its measurement mode. Introduction to the RC low pass filter. DSO measurement in double trace mode of the absolute value and the phase of the RC low pass filter frequency response @ the cut-off frequency. DSO measurement in X-Y mode of the phase of the RC low pass filter frequency response @ the cut-off frequency. Response to the step and its measurement mode. Rise time measurement of RC low pass filter step response. Introduction to the RLC low pass filter. Introduction to the measurement with the DSO of the suppressed band slope of the frequency response absolute value of an RLC filter. Measurement with the DSO of the suppressed band slope of the frequency response absolute value of an RLC filter. LCR meter.

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