Attention: If you add this course after the first day of class, please email Dr. Reck ASAP to get added to the course in Canvas to get details about the first week of lab.

Course Contact Information

Instructor: Dr. Rebecca Reck
Office: 3130 Everitt Lab
Email: rreck@illinois.edu
Office Hours: See the Course Help page on Canvas

Description

Laboratory to accompany BIOE414.

The goal of this course is to make you familiar with how biomedical instrumentation, including instrumentation amplifiers, heart rate monitors, ECG amplifiers, and electrodes in BIOE414 (Biomedical Instrumentation) work by testing, designing, and building them.

Expected Outcomes

By the end of class, students will be able to…

Analyze, design, and construct operational amplifier and instrumentation amplifier circuits to amplify biosignals.
Analyze, design, and construct analog and digital filters to isolate biosignals from unwanted signals.
Acquire and display electrical and biological signals on a computer using the appropriate hardware and software tools.
Understand biosensor and electrode design and apply them for signal acquisition.
Understand the limitations of instrumentation in terms of accuracy, resolution, precision, and reliability.
Understand the origin of cardiac and muscle biosignals and acquire data using ECG and electromyogram electrodes.
Describe the requirements and limitations of bioinstrumentation in the clinical environment.
Function and interact cooperatively and efficiently as a team member in completing laboratory assignments.
Present laboratory data in a written format.

Schedule and Location

The course schedule and locations for current and previous offerings are on Course Explorer.

Each student registered for BIOE415/ECE415 should be enrolled in the lecture section and one of the above laboratory sections.

Resources

To be successful in BIOE415/ECE415 you will need to have access to the following resources.

Required Textbook

Biomedical Instrumentation Lab Manual eText available from the Illini Union Bookstore

Required Software

Keysight BenchVue
MATLAB and Simulink
LabVIEW
TinkerCAD
Google Docs

Required Equipment

Each student will be required to bring the following equipment to complete each experiment:

Assorted electronic parts – refer to the complete list sent via email.

Optional Resources

Textbook: Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design, 4th ed. John Webster (editor). (ISBN: 978-0-471-67600-3).
Available in print, e-text, and on reserve in Grainger Engineering Library

Grading

Based on the following:

Lab experiments
Lab practical exam
Design your own experiment