Fundamentals of Instrumentation and Measurement

by Editor: Dominique Placko (Ecole Normale Superieure de Cachan, France )

• ISBN13: 9780470394670
• ISBN10: 0470394676
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley-ISTE

Summary

This title presents the general principles of instrumentation processes. It explains the theoretical analysis of physical phenomena used by standard sensors and transducers to transform a physical value into an electrical signal. The pre-processing of these signals through electronic circuits - amplification, signal filtering and analog-to-digital conversion - is then detailed, in order to provide useful basic information.Attention is then given to general complex systems. Topics covered include instrumentation and measurement chains, sensor modeling, digital signal processing and diagnostic methods and the concept of smart sensors, as well as microsystem design and applications. Numerous industrial examples punctuate the discussion, setting the subjects covered in the book in their practical context.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Measurement Instrumentation

General principles of Sensors

Physical Principles of Optical, Thermal and Mechanical Sensors

Analog Processing Associated with Sensors

Analog Filters

Real-time Data Acquisition and Processing Systems

The Contribution of Microtechnologies

Instruments and Measurement Chains

Elaboration of Models for the Interaction Between the Sensor and its Environment

Representation and Analysis of Signals

Multi-sensor Systems Diagnostics and Fusion

Intelligent Sensors

List of Authors

Index

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