85738 - Advanced Automotive Sensors M

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Advanced Automotive Electronic Engineering (cod. 9238)

Learning outcomes

Aim of the course is to give a basic preparation, design skills, and understanding the specifications of sensors and measuring systems for automotive applications.

Course contents

  1. Review on measurement methods and measuring systems

  2. Review on measurement uncertainty and its applications

  3. Review of heat transmission and measurement

  4. Main resistive, inductive, and capacitive sensors

  5. Photodetectors

  6. Encoders

  7. Main circuits and techniques for sensor conditioning

  8. Overview of the main uses of the sensors described above in the automotive field

  9. Ultrasonic measuring systems

  10. Stereo camera

  11. LiDAR 

Readings/Bibliography

  1. Jacob Fraden, "Handbook of Modern Sensors," Fifth Edition, Springher 2016

  2. Ramon Pallaá S-Areny and John G. Webster, "Sensors And Signal Conditioning," Second Edition , Wiley 2002

  3. Reif Konrad, Automotive Mechatronics, Springer, 2015, DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-03975-2

  4. Hermann Winner, Stephan Hakuli, Felix Lotz and, Christina Singer, "Handbook of Driver Assistance Systems," Springer, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-12352-3, 2016

Teaching methods

  • Lectures

  • Exercises to be carried out in the classroom

Assessment methods

Methods: written test and optional oral test reserved for students who have achieved a score of not less than 26/30 in the written test. The written test consists of exercises and theory questions and allows the student to achieve the maximum score (30L / 30). Examples of exams are made available on the Dolly page of the course by the end of the course.

Timing: at the end of the course (there are NO intermediate tests)

Duration of the written test: about 100 minutes

How to return the test results: the results are published on almaesami generally within 5 days from the date of the exam

Materials allowed during the exam tests: none


Teaching tools

https://virtuale.unibo.it/course/view.php?id=42615

Links to further information

https://moodle.unimore.it/course/view.php?id=6776

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Cattini