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Electronic Measurement Systems: Theory and Practice, Second Edition is designed for those who require a thorough understanding of the wide variety of both digital and analogue electronic measurement systems in common use. The first part of the book discusses basic concepts such as system specification, architectures, structures, and components. Later chapters cover topics important for the proper functioning of systems including reliability, guarding/shielding, and noise. Finally, an unusual chapter treats the problems of the human aspects of the design of measurement systems. The book also includes problems and exercises.
New to the Second Edition
Extended section about signal structures, I/O bussystems, DAQ boards, and their architecture
User programmable devices (UPLD's) and the use of microprocessor principles in instrumentation
Novel approaches on reliability due to built-in testability becoming a major design feature
A brief introduction to the related physics of each transducer energy domain to understand what the principle of operation is
Discussion of the ADM method for drift elimination
Introduction to the European Electro Magnetic Compatibility legislation and the ISO 9000 system
Additional noise calculation techniques and noise in sensors
Chapter on autozeroing transducers and sensor interfacing, paying particular attention to bridge circuits for modulating transducers
List of contents
Preface to the first edition. Preface to the second edition. List of symbols. Acknowledgments. Introduction to electronic measurement systems. Types of measuring system. Implementations of functions. System specifications. Reliability. Transducers. Offset and drift. Guarding and shielding. Noise calculations. Physics of noise. Interfacing to sensors. Ergonomics or human engineering. Appendix: table of frequently used physical constants. Index.
About the author
Anton F. P. Van Putten
Summary
Designed for those who require an understanding of the wide variety of both digital and analogue electronic measurement systems in common use, this book discusses basic concepts such as system specification, architectures, structures, and components. It covers topics important for the proper functioning of systems.
