Undergraduate Course: Data Acquisition and Handling (PHYS10100)

Course Outline
School	School of Physics and Astronomy	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This is a final 10pt course in experimental techniques taken by Physics students in S1. It combines elements of digital electronics (replacing part of JH Electronic Methods), with modern approaches to data acquisition and analysis. The intention is to prepare students for SH and MPhys experimental projects.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 44
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 4, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 33, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 56 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 60 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	100% coursework
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Learning Outcomes
A preliminary outline syllabus is as follows: * Analogue signal processing. Treatment of noise.Filtering. Buffering using sample and hold; * Analogue to digital conversion. Sampling rates. Characteristics & errors; * Digital signal processing. Triggering. Fourier transforms; * Data acquisition using LabView (and other software packages?); * Advanced data analysis. Multi-parameter likelihood fits; * Practical examples, e.g. cosmic rays, Si PIN photodiodes, digital signal genera- tors, image processing with CCDs.