Designer's handbook of instrumentation and control circuits /
Here is a comprehensive, practical guide to the entire process of analog instrumentation and control, from sensor input to data conversion circuitry and final output. This readable handbook avoids complex mathematical treatments, instead taking an applications-oriented approach and presenting many s...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
[Place of publication not identified] :
Academic Press,
1991.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Designer's Handbook of Instrumentation and Control Circuits; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Analog Instrumentation; Direct, Indirect, and Inferential Measurements; Purpose of the Instrument; Designing the Instrument; A Design Procedure; Human Factors; Interfacing; Conclusion; Chapter 2. Signals and Noise; Fourier Series; Transient Signals; Chaotic and Random Signals; Detecting Chaos; Sampled Signals; Noise; Signal-to-Noise; Noise Factor, Noise Figure, and Noise Temperature; Noise in Cascade Amplifiers; Noise Reduction Strategies; Conclusion
- Selected ReadingsChapter 3. Transducers, Sensors, and Signal Processing; Transduction; Passive versus Active Sensors; Sensor Error Sources; Sensor Terminology; Tactics and Signal Processing for Improved Sensing; Conclusion; Chapter 4. Temperature Sensors; Different Measurement Systems; Temperature Transducers; Thermistors; Linearizing Thermistors; Thermocouples; Solid-State Temperature Sensors; Commercial IC Temperature Measurement Devices; Bimetallic Strips; Chapter 5. Position, Displacement, Force, and Pressure Sensors; Piezoresistivity; Strain Gage Elements; The Wheatstone Bridge Circuit
- Strain Gage CircuitrySensor Sensitivity; Balancing and Calibrating a Bridge Sensor; Sensor Construction; Sensor Linearization; Sensor Excitation Sources; Sensor Amplifiers; Inductive Sensors; Pressure and Force Sensors; What Is Pressure; Basic Pressure Measurements; Pressure Processing; Position, Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration Sensors; Position Sensors; Chapter 6. Electro-Optical Transducers; Light; Phototubes and the Photoelectric Effect; Photomultiplier Tubes; Photovoltaic Cells; Photoresistors; Photodiodes and Phototransistors; Radiation and X-Ray Sensors
- Chapter 7. Flow Volume versus Flow RateFlow Detectors; Potentiometer Systems; Pressure Drop Systems; Other Sensor Systems; Ultrasonic Flow Measurement Systems; Electromagnetic Flow Meters; Chapter 8. Electrodes for Bioelectric Sensing; Surface Electrodes; Electrode Model Circuit; Typical Surface Electrodes; Indwelling Electrodes; Microelectrodes; Chapter 9. Physical Measurement and Electronic Circuits; Photocolorimetry; Photospectrometer; Ratiometric Measurements; Sensor/Bridge Preamplifier; Practical Design Example: The pH Meter; Conclusion
- Chapter 10. Designing and Building Safe, Reliable InstrumentsKeep It Cool; Protecting Transistors and IC Voltage Regulators; Other Components; Large, Multiboard Equipment; IC Printed Circuit Boards; Electrical Safety Considerations in Equipment Design; Chapter 11. Introduction to Linear Integrated Circuit Devices; History of Integrated Circuit Devices; Integrated Circuit Symbols; Linear versus Digital IC Devices; Common Package Types; Scales of Integration; Discrete versus Monolithic ICs versus Hybrid Circuits; Linear IC Power Supply Requirements; Protecting Linear IC Amplifiers