The program of this subject is especially focused on a deep understanding of the systems for capturing and processing physical variables applicable to the automotive industry, as well as multiplexing, communications and electronic control units in the automobile, diagnostic, calibration and tuning systems for the automotive industry.

Students will acquire the main previous knowledge during the first year of the degree (“Calculus”, “Algebra”, “Extension of Calculus and Numerical Analysis”) and the second year of the degree (“Analysis of Electrical Circuits”, “Automotive Electronics”, “Control of Vehicle Systems and Driving Assistance Systems”).

Competences: knowledge of electronic instrumentation applied to electronic systems in vehicles and testing.

Learning results:

- Apply understandably the fundamentals of automotive instrumentation for professional development in the field of automotive engineering.

- Solve the problems raised by the analysis of the different technologies involved in automotive instrumentation, by means of qualitative and quantitative analysis, the hypothesis approach and the proposal of solutions.

- Perform written and oral work and reports: properly express theoretical knowledge, resolution methods, results and aspects related to vehicle instrumentation.

- Formulate ideas, discuss and take decisions in team work in the area of automotive engineering disciplines.

- Develop designs and projects in the field of the subsystems that compose the vehicles, carrying out the necessary measurements, calculations, assessments and studies, analyzing and evaluating the social impact and applying the principles of sustainable development in the implementation of technical solutions.

- Apply the legislation, specifications, regulations and mandatory standards in the field of automotive engineering.

Based on all the content that will be taught in the course, the program can be divided into three sections:

1) Sensors and detectors of physical magnitudes:

- Sensors and detectors of physical magnitudes with conversion to electrical magnitude. Wheatstone bridge.

2) Theory, processing and transmission of signals in the automotive field:

- Common and differential mode signals. Amplification and conditioning of sensor signals. Filtering. Analog-to-digital conversion.

- Signal transmission: multiplexing, CAN, LIN communication networks.

3) Diagnostic, calibration and tuning systems for the automotive industry.

The teaching activity will include theory classes that will be combined with problems, laboratory practices and individual and group tutorials.

The main objective of the teaching hours in the form of theory classes will be to explain the theoretical concepts presented in each of the topics of the subject. It will be considered of great importance to motivate students to participate not only as listeners but also in an active manner, raising questions of interest that may lead to clarifying arguments or formulating their doubts, following this approach both by the teacher and by the students themselves.

In parallel, in order to show the practical side of each concept taught, the theory will be combined with the resolution and delivery of problems. In addition to individual work, when possible, different cooperative learning techniques will be used to perform the exercises. The correction of the exercises will be done on the blackboard, or through eGela, encouraging all time the student to participate in an active manner, looking for the solution to the questions raised by a process of well-argued discussion.

The objective of the laboratory practices will be to apply the most important theoretical concepts in order to reinforce and consolidate them, and to get used to the students with various electronic equipment and components. For this reason it will be tried to limit to the essential the explanations of the teacher to take advantage of the time maximum as far as it refers to the development of the practice.

In the laboratory practices, whenever possible, students will work in couples. It will be essential to take full advantage of the practical classes. At the end of each laboratory practice the students will have to submit to the virtual classroom platform of the university the generated file so that it can be evaluated by the teacher.

The materials, means and resources, technological or of other types, that may be used in the development of the corresponding evaluation tests; in general, and unless the opposite is indicated, during the development of an evaluation test, the use of books, notes or notes, as well as telephone, electronic, computer or other devices or apparatus, by students will be prohibited (Protocol on academic ethics and prevention of dishonest or fraudulent practices in evaluation tests and academic work at the UPV/EHU).

• Continuous Assessment System
• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 30
  • Realization of Practical Work (exercises, cases or problems) (%): 50
  • Exhibition of works, readings ... (%): 10
  • Evaluación continua (ejercicios, casos o problemas) (%): 10

EXAM (30%):

Test where theoretical-applied questions and exercises will be asked. During the quadrimestre some partial exams covering specific parts of the subject can be carried out. In the ordinary exam the exercises corresponding to those parts evaluated in partial exams will be differentiated and it is possible to choose to improve the mark or not to take the part that has been passed in the partial exam.

LABORATORY PRACTICES (50%):

Delivery of the materials requested as scheduled tasks throughout the course during the practical sessions.

ORAL PRESENTATION (10%):

The students will present works/monographs throughout the quadrimestre that will be evaluated in this section.

CONTINUOUS EVALUATION (10%):

Among other activities, during the duration of the subject, it will be proposed exercises that will require the student's dedication for their resolution. They will be presented as deliverables that will be considered for the mark of this section.

In case the continuous evaluation is waived, the evaluation will be done through the final evaluation system ( complete exam of the whole subject that will represent 50% of the mark and, if the exam is passed, a practical part that will represent 50% of the mark divided into a programming exam in LabVIEW and virtual instrumentation, and another exam on multiplexing networks).



The exams and laboratory practices must be passed with a minimum mark of 5 from 10.

Not attending the exams in ordinary exams will result in a mark of “Not Presented”.

The evaluation of the extraordinary call will be carried out through the final evaluation system ( complete exam of the whole subject that will represent 50% of the mark and, if the exam is passed, a practical part that will represent 50% of the mark divided into a programming exam in LabVIEW and virtual instrumentation, and another exam on multiplexing networks), but in the event that the student has opted for continuous evaluation, the positive results obtained during the course will be taken into account.

Not attending the exams in the extraordinary convocation will result in a mark of “Not Presented”.

- Teaching notes and class slides available on the university's virtual classroom platform.
- LabVIEW programming environment in the version installed in the laboratory computers and data acquisition card installed in the computer, with control from LabVIEW.

Basic bibliography

- Pérez M.A. et al.: “Instrumentación Electrónica”. Thomson-Paraninfo, 2004.

- Pérez M. A., “Instrumentación Electrónica”. Paraninfo, 2014.

- Pallás Areny R., “Sensores y Acondicionadores de Señal”, Marcombo, 4ª ed, 2003.

- Bosch R., Bosch Automotive Electrics and Automotive Electronics, 5th Edition, Springer 2014.

In-depth bibliography

- Pérez M. A., “Instrumentación Electrónica. 230 Problemas Resueltos”, Garceta, 2012.
- Pallás Areny R., Casas O, Bragós R, “Sensores y Acondicionadores de Señal. Problemas Resueltos”, Marcombo, 3ª ed, 2008.
- Zaman N, Automotive Electronics Design Fundamentals, Springer, 2015.
- Ribbens W. B, “Undesrtanding Automotive Electronics”. Newnes 1998.
- Denton, T., “Automobile Electrical and Electronic Systems” 3th Edition, Elsevier, 2004.
- Malik, N.R., "Circuitos Electrónicos", Prentice Hall, 2000.
- Application notes and manufacturer's tutorials: National Instruments (www.ni.com), National Semiconductor (www.national.com), Analog Devices (www.analog.com), Linear Technology (www.linear.com), Texas Instruments (www.ti.com), Maxim Semiconductor (www.maxim-ic.com)

Journals

- Instrumentation Newsletter. National Instruments
- IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
- Automática e Instrumentación . Cetisa / Boixareu Editores. Barcelona
- Mundo Electrónico

Web addresses

- Página Moodle del curso
- https://www.sensorsmag.com/
- https://www.edn.com
- https://www.evaluationengineering.com/
- http://circuitcellar.com/
- http://www.scimag.com/