Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

The module is based on knowledge achieved in the modules Introduction to Electrical Engineering and Modelling and simulation or similar.

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Have knowledge about how different physical systems are built up and interact, this includes for instance understanding of:
  • System division in different layers
  • How to take different time-constants in a system into account
  • How inner control loops affects outer control loops and vise versa
• Have knowledge about what to measure and with which precision, this includes knowledge about
  • Different measurement techniques to be applied
  • Planning and documentation
  • Accuracy
    • analogue versus digital measurements and the combination hereof
  • What affects the accuracy and the resolution of measured signals
• Have knowledge about how to detect signals in noise
  • Mean values and standard deviation
  • Noise and interference, coupling mechanisms

Skills

• Be able to split up a system in different subparts to have better overview of the total system and to understand how the subparts affects each other
  • Physical layers contra data, business and control layers
  • Sub-systems with different time constants
• Be able to calculate the accuracy of a given measurement
• Be able to document a validate a test set up

Competences

• Be able to use the acquired skills for test and validation and understanding of system set ups for different systems and apparatus
• Be able to use the professional approach for test and validation and understanding of system set ups in academic and interdisciplinary collaboration
• Be able to identify their own learning needs and to structure own learning within test and validation
• Be able to understand the difference between test, train, and validation systems

Type of instruction

Lectures, laboratory work and practical exercises.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 5 ECTS project module, the work load is expected to be 150 hours for the student

Exam

Exams

Name of exam	Test and Validation including System Set-up and Understanding
Type of exam	Written or oral exam
ECTS	5
Assessment	7-point grading scale
Type of grading	Internal examination
Criteria of assessment	As stated in the Joint Programme Regulations. http:/​/​www.engineering.aau.dk/​uddannelse/​studieadministration/​