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Undergraduate Labs
The Electrical Engineering Department at the PI provides adequate physical and technology resources in order to satisfy the needs of the Electrical Engineering Program. Of these are the Electrical Engineering Program laboratories, currently located in the Building III (Ruwais) on the men’s campus, and in the Arzanah building on the women’s campus. Most labs are equipped with an overhead projector, seating and other facilities for classroom lecturing. The following labs are currently operational:
- Electric Circuits and Electronics Lab
- Electric Machines Lab
- Digital and Microprocessors Lab
- Feedback Control Lab
- Instrumentation and Measurements Lab
- Power Systems Lab
- Electronics Workshop
Electric Circuits and Electronics Lab 
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The main purpose of this lab is to study simple electric circuit theory. Moreover, it includes experimenting with digital logic and electronic circuits. It features the following:
- PCs with engineering and simulation software
- Power supplies and signal generators
- Multimeters and Oscilloscopes
- Function and Arbitrary Waveform Generators
- Basic analog devices like diodes, transistors, resistors, capacitors, and inductors
- Probes, Connectors and jumper wires
- Logic lab Trainer
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In this lab students study the principles of electromechanical energy conversion and simple three phase power systems. Motors, generators and transformers are used. It features the following:
- DC Machines
- Induction Motors (slip-ring and squirrel cage)
- Synchronous Machines
- Single-phase and Three phase voltage transformers
- Current transformers
- Ammeters, Voltmeters, and Multimeters
- Three phase loads (Capacitive, Inductive and Resistive)
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This lab covers several subjects, namely Digital Logic, Microelectronics, and Microprocessors. It features the following:
- PCs with appropriate software
- Microcontroller Units (MCUs)
- MCU development tools (Programmer, Debugger, etc.)
- Digital gates, ICs, resistors, capacitors, and inductors
- Power supplies and signal generators
- Multimeters and oscilloscopes
- Test boards and bread boards
- Flash starter kit
- Mechatronics demonstration kit
- FFT analyzer
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Concepts in modern feedback control applied to hardware-based and industrial process control models are illustrated in this lab. The lab also supports mechatronics and robotic arm demonstrations. It features the following:
- Mechatronics project kit: Allows students to design a self-guided vehicle from a set of modules supported by a microcontroller
- Twin rotor MIMO system: Highly nonlinear system with significant cross-coupling and PID controllers for tracking and stabilizing the system
- Process Control workshops (on order delivery): Digital control of industrial processes of level, flow and temperature using water as process fluid
- Traffic signal control: Timed sequence implementation of simple traffic light control of cross-roads
- PLC interface for the above equipment
- Conveyer belt mechanism
- PLC trainers
- Servo Fundamental Trainer: Used to investigate the fundamental principles of servo control, both analogue and digital. The hardware can be further extended by the application of the optional Digital Servo Workshop Software, using MATLAB tools, to allow advanced digital controller analysis and design. This trainer includes the following:
- Mechanical Unit: Includes input and output potentiometers, motor, tacho-generator, absolute and incremental encoder and on-board waveform generators
- Analogue Unit: Includes four input error amplifier, optional additional time constant
- Variable-gain and velocity feedback; single, two terms or full PID control
- Digital Unit: Provides access to PC, includes A/D & D/A converters, linear or PWM motor drive, LED display.
- Terminal blocks with interface to Lab View
- Soldering station
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Instrumentation and Measurements Lab
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This lab is designed for students to study fundamental concepts of electric and electronic instrumentation and measurements. Both analog and digital circuits are included. It features the following:
- Electric and Electronics boards and constructors
- Circuit-level boards
- Component-level boards containing both analog and digital components
- Multimeters and Oscilloscopes
- Function and Arbitrary Waveform Generators
- PCs
- DSP Kits
- Transducers Kit: Allows the study of a variety of transducers, how they operate and how their output signals may be processed. This kit includes:
- Electromechanical transducers kit
- Heat transducer kit
- Light transducer kit
- Measurement package
- National Instruments ELVIS: Complete Academic Package with Virtual Instrumentation & Hardware Interface for data acquisition.
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This lab is used for teaching and conducting research on topics related to power systems (both transient and steady state), including power system protection. The lab features:
- Power Station and Transmission Laboratory, supported with SCADA: Includes Power Plant Module, Transmission Line Module, Substation Module, Load Module, isolators and circuit breakers. Various degrees of protection can be chosen. The system is prepared for computer control and data acquisition .
- Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) with three racks and one mobile rack: The RTDS is a fully digital electromagnetic transient power system simulator used to conduct closed-loop testing of physical devices such as protection equipment and control equipment, as well as conduct analytical system studies. The RTDS allows the user to investigate the effects of disturbances on power system equipment and networks to prevent outages or complete failure. The RTDS is a cost-effective replacement for transient network analyzers and analogue/hybrid simulators.
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Electronics Workshop
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This workshop is mainly used to do maintenance and testing on equipment, and to store documentation related to all Electrical Engineering labs. It is also used for designing and planning new labs. The workshop, being a multi-purpose lab, is frequented by students doing their final year design projects. Electrical Engineering faculty undertaking research projects also benefit from the workshop’s resources, as well as from the expertise of the resident Lab Technician. Some of the items in the workshop are:
- Oscilloscopes
- Soldering station
- Digital IC tester
- Power supplies
- Lab View (complete academic package)
- Complete tool set for repairs
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