Lecture Notes

Biomedical Instrumentation

• Basic Concepts of Medical Instrumentation
• Basics of Diathermy
• Monopolar Vs Bipolar Diathermy (Important points)
• Overview of Electrosurgical Unit - Diathermy Machine
• Intensive Care Unit
• ABC of intensive care
• Equipment Specifications for Complete Monitoring System for ICU
• Hearing Loss & Hearing Aid (Detailed)
• Hearing Aid (Important points)
• Weber test for hearing
• Rinnes test for Hearing
• Physiotheraphy - Basics & Types
• Overview of Physiotheraphy & Electrotheraphy
• Electrical Safety
• Biomedical Instrumentation - Short questions and answers

Design Project Lab

• 4 - 20 mA Current Loops
• Encoders for Speed Measurement - Basic Principles
• Instrumentation Amplifier
• Opto Interrupters
• 74153 - Multiplexer IC datasheet
• Basic Telemetry principles
• XR2242 - cascaded timer operation
• XR2240 & 555 Timer operation
• 555 Timer tester

Transducers and Measurements Lab

• Theory and practice of pH measurement
• Understanding pH measurement
• LDR specifications and circuits
• LDR characteristics
• Load cells
• Load cell terms and definitions
• Load cell design in process engineering
• A primer on LVDT
• Temperature transducers
• NTC Thermistors
• NTC characteristics
• Thermistor applications
• PT 100 sensors
• RTD specifications
• Thermocouple general specifications
• Types of Thermocouples
• RTD application notes
• Physical characteristics of thermistors
• Strain Gauge
• Dead weight testers
• Characteristics of strain gauge load cell
• Cold Junction Compensation
• VIVA QUESTIONS

Analog and Digital Instruments

• GPIB Bus (IEEE 488)
• Network Protocols
• OSI model
• Bisynch HDLC & SDLC protocols
• LAN Topologies

Linear and Digital Integrated Circuits Lab

• Design of Voltage Regulators using LM723
• Design of Astable and Monostable Multivibrators
• Design of Waveform Generators
• Design of Filters
• Design of Counters

Additional Resources

• Active Filter Design Techniques
• LM 723 datasheet

Process Control Book

• Basic Process Control