Ebook: Modern Instrumentation for Scientists and Engineers
Author: James A. Blackburn (auth.)
- Tags: Measurement Science and Instrumentation
- Year: 2001
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Knowledge of instrumentation is for experimentalists a kind of fluency in the language of measurement. But it is a fluency not so commonly possessed, and without which much of the experimental process remains hidden and mysterious. The basic goal in writing this book is to provide a treatment of useful depth of the basic elements of the instrumentation "language," namely electronics, sensors, and measurement. The present epoch is arguably a golden age for instrumentation. The crucial ingredient has been the exceptional development of semiconductor fabrication technology, and this has led to the present richness in both analog and digital inte grated circuits. The former provide relatively inexpensive but high-performance electronic modules (such as the operational amplifier) which can serve as build ing blocks for more complex circuits, whereas the latter have culminated in the desktop computer, which has permeated modem life generally and revolu tionized the instrumentation world with its capacity to act as a measurement controller and data storage center. Finally, silicon micromachining is creating a host of new sensors for such quantities as acceleration and pressure.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Physical Quantities....Pages 3-6
DC Circuits....Pages 7-10
AC Circuits....Pages 11-25
Bridge Circuits....Pages 27-36
Amplifiers....Pages 37-56
Special-Purpose Circuits....Pages 57-71
Waveform Generators....Pages 73-91
Filters....Pages 93-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Temperature....Pages 123-156
Light....Pages 157-169
Magnetic Fields....Pages 171-179
Strain....Pages 181-193
Pressure....Pages 195-207
Displacement and Rotation....Pages 209-219
Acceleration....Pages 221-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
DC Measurements....Pages 239-263
AC Measurements....Pages 265-278
Data Acquisition....Pages 279-292
Data-Acquisition Systems....Pages 293-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-319
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Physical Quantities....Pages 3-6
DC Circuits....Pages 7-10
AC Circuits....Pages 11-25
Bridge Circuits....Pages 27-36
Amplifiers....Pages 37-56
Special-Purpose Circuits....Pages 57-71
Waveform Generators....Pages 73-91
Filters....Pages 93-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Temperature....Pages 123-156
Light....Pages 157-169
Magnetic Fields....Pages 171-179
Strain....Pages 181-193
Pressure....Pages 195-207
Displacement and Rotation....Pages 209-219
Acceleration....Pages 221-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
DC Measurements....Pages 239-263
AC Measurements....Pages 265-278
Data Acquisition....Pages 279-292
Data-Acquisition Systems....Pages 293-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-319
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