Subject of this effort is development and realization of one-channel data acquisition unit of mechanical quantities and it’s PC software application. Usage of this data acquisition unit is aimed on applications, where resistive strain gages wired as Wheatstone bridge with AC excitation are used. Output voltage of Wheatstone bridge is amplięed, demodulated with excitation voltage, filtered and level shifted for analog to digital conversion via AD converter. Converted digital data are sent via serial bus into microprocessor which sends them into PC for further meaningful representation in software application. Besides sensing bridge output voltage, data acquisition unit also generates AC excitation of Wheatstone bridge. This excitation voltage is generated via DA converter which communicates with microprocessor and converts incoming digital data into analog sine waveform. There is precise voltage reference circuitry for both of these converters. PC application’s task is to visualize measured data in meaningful form and to give tools for further work with measured data. It’s programmed in Python language and it has one independent thread which does reading and computing of incoming data and there is also class which builds graphical user interface and plots measured data into live graph.

This Master's thesis deals with functional safety of electronic systems. Specifically, it focuses on self-testing of the microprocessor and its peripherals at the software level. The main aim of the thesis is to design and implement a set of functions written in programming language C or assembly language, which automatically test the selected areas of the microcontroller. Resources and methods used in the implemented solution also aim to meet the requirements according to the safety standard IEC 60730-1, Annex H, Software Class B. The microcontroller NXP LPC55S69 was chosen as a hardware platform. It consists of two ARM Cortex-M33 cores. As a result, the example application is provided, which uses implemented test functions at the run-time. Example application also contains a graphical user interface with fault injection ability.

The goal of this thesis was to design an end effector for a small robot for testing of devices with a touchscreen. The effector has to communicate with the robot via serial interface and provide feedback about used downforce. Another requirement was possibility of automatic tool change. Measuring of downforce, signal processing, and communication with robot ensures custom electronics based on STM32 microprocessor and piezoresistive sensor. The mechanism of tool change was inspired by the system used with industrial robots but customized for this application. The result of this thesis is a functional prototype of a stylus for devices with a touchscreen which provides feedback about the downforce on display and possibility of automatic tool change. The main benefit of this solution is the possibility of changing the tool for the one with one or more styluses for testing gesture-based interface what is indispensable in these days.

The thesis deals with problems of navigation blind in buildings, where is not possibility navigation by GPS (Global Positioning System). This thesis contain resolution through the use of communication units, placed in floor of buildings. This comunication units, equipped with receiver and transmitter, can give direction for blind by send own identification to transceiver in speciál stick (the thesis does not contain solving of the stick), which can information blind of position. Two comunication unit solution are available, that differs by using component part. The main difference is in use control unit of circuit. First circuit use as control unit ATAR862-3 (microprocessor and transmitter in one case) and the second one use microprocessor ATmega 8L. Both component made by Atmel corporation. Circuit with ATmega 8L is more exacting on curent consumption, but solving this problem is available and communication unit has low pretensions and long life. The part of thesis is program, which solving communication protocol for no-problem communication between unit in floor and special stick.

This diploma thesis deal with design and realization of demonstration board for RFID system. In the begining is described theory of this system. Next part is about theory of solutions and used components. Next is about practical realization demoboard and control program in C language.

In this masters's thesis is closely studied questins of current (power) side channel. It deals with attack upon this type of side channels and methods, which can this channel analyse. Also two methods of measurements, which make possible successfully attack, are presented here. Below the work describes progress, which was used for analyse current side channel of chip PIC16F84A. This chip, which was plugged in the circuit in agreement with diagram introduced here, processes step by step variety of programs implementing always other operation, which matches concrete used instruction. In corresponding chapters are introduced resulting values and graphs, which was obtained by measurement.

This work is engaged in ways of objects speed measuring mainly helped by Doppler Effect. The sensor HB410 is described in this work and its possible elaboration output heterodyne analog signal. The calculation of objects speed is deduced from frequency of heterodyne signal. In this work is projected circuit solution for elaboration of analog signal and its digitalization. Available types and nature of microcontrollers which are elaborating digital signal and communicating with PC are summarized in this work. In the last chapter is described microcontroller's driving software and PC software for speed measure.

This work deals with evaluation of equipment used for non-contact measurement of distance between vehicles. First are discussed various principles of measuring and after the selection of the most appropriate solution is proposed a detailed block diagram of modulation, demodulation and evaluation of the whole system and its mathematical description. Another part is devoted to describing the activities of the microprocessor controller, with which is controlled evaluation part and to the control program. It also analyzes the maximal attainable accuracy of measurement and the errors that affect it. The last part includes a circuit design and simulation of selected functional block, which is a coincidence /quadrature/ detector and construction documents for evaluation and demodulation part of the measurement instrument.

The thesis focuses on issues around communication system with the Direct Spread Spectrum Signal Signal. This work outlines the theoretical analysis of this technique and subsequently is created a communication system concept. The device concept is adjusted so that the device can be used as a laboratory device, presenting the spreading technique. This thesis offers a comprehensive and detailed description of the communication system construction, including design of transmitter, receiver and a common transmission channel. In conclusion are stated the results of devised communication system.

There is suggestion of obtaining exact position in this work, based on GPS and GSM modules controlled by PIC microcontroller. Layout of this work is electronic schematic, PCB footprint and theoretical analysis of used modules. The practical part of work is also dealing with software for both microprocessor and web interface. The function prototype will be created and tested in next phases of this project.