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Biotelemetry

Module name (EN):
Name of module in study programme. It should be precise and clear.
Biotelemetry
Degree programme:
Study Programme with validity of corresponding study regulations containing this module.
Electrical Engineering, Master, ASPO 01.10.2013
Module code: E1931
Hours per semester week / Teaching method:
The count of hours per week is a combination of lecture (V for German Vorlesung), exercise (U for Übung), practice (P) oder project (PA). For example a course of the form 2V+2U has 2 hours of lecture and 2 hours of exercise per week.
2V+2PA (4 hours per week)
ECTS credits:
European Credit Transfer System. Points for successful completion of a course. Each ECTS point represents a workload of 30 hours.
5
Semester: according to optional course list
Mandatory course: no
Language of instruction:
German
Assessment:
Oral examination

[updated 05.06.2025]
Applicability / Curricular relevance:
All study programs (with year of the version of study regulations) containing the course.

BMT931 Biomedical Engineering, Master, ASPO 01.04.2011 , semester 9, optional course, specialisation
BMT1931 (P213-0168) Biomedical Engineering, Master, ASPO 01.04.2014 , optional course, medical/technical
E2931 Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Master, ASPO 01.04.2019 , optional course, technical
E1931 Electrical Engineering, Master, ASPO 01.10.2013 , optional course, technical

Suitable for exchange students (learning agreement)
Workload:
Workload of student for successfully completing the course. Each ECTS credit represents 30 working hours. These are the combined effort of face-to-face time, post-processing the subject of the lecture, exercises and preparation for the exam.

The total workload is distributed on the semester (01.04.-30.09. during the summer term, 01.10.-31.03. during the winter term).
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.
The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).
There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.
Recommended prerequisites (modules):
None.
Recommended as prerequisite for:
Module coordinator:
Prof. Dr. Oliver Scholz
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Oliver Scholz

[updated 11.10.2019]
Learning outcomes:
After successfully completing the course, students will:
 
• be able to describe what is meant by “telemetry” and, in particular, “biotelemetry,”
• be able to name at least four common methods of message and signal transmission for telemetry in biomedical applications and provide examples,
• be able to name and describe key aspects of inductive transmission and their significance for biotelemetry,
• be able to roughly dimension essential system variables for inductive transmission,
• be able to implement simple line codes and transmission protocols in µcontrollers using programming techniques,
• be able to to describe how error detection works using cyclic codes,
• be able to extract relevant information for the implementation of application hardware and software from manufacturer specifications in data sheets.


[updated 05.06.2025]
Module content:
• Basics of telemetry
• Theory of inductive transmission
• Basics of signal transmission/digital communication
• Channel encoding
• Line codes
• Basics of sensor technology
 • Hardware-related programming of a µcontroller

[updated 05.06.2025]
Teaching methods/Media:
Lecture notes, transparencies and documentation available from Clix
Test platform for laboratory exercises


[updated 05.06.2025]
Recommended or required reading:
Sklar, Bernard: Digital communications: fundamentals and applications, 2nd ed., Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice-Hall PTR 2001.
Finkenzeller, Klaus: RFID-Handbuch: Grundlagen und praktische Anwendungen induktiver Funkanlagen, Transponder und kontaktloser Chipkarten, München [u.a.]: Hanser 2006.
Werner, Martin: Information und Codierung Grundlagen und Anwendungen, Wiesbaden: Vieweg+Teubner Verlag / GWV Fachverlage GmbH, Wiesbaden 2009.
Texas Instruments: „PASSIVE LOW FREQUENCY INTERFACE DEVICE WITH EEPROM AND 134.2 kHz TRANSPONDER INTERFACE“. Datenblatt 2009
Bosch Sensortec: „Bosch BMP085 Digital pressure sensor“. Datenblatt 2009


[updated 05.06.2025]
 
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