Content: Measurements, Instrumentation, and Electronic Portable Instruments --
Units and Standards --
Types of Instruments --
Analog Instruments --
Digital Instruments --
Design Consideration of Electronic Portable Instruments --
Response and Drift --
Static Response --
Dynamic Response --
Errors and Uncertainty --
Systematic Errors --
Calibration Error in Sensors --
Random Errors --
Gross Errors --
Error Reduction Techniques --
Calibration and Testing of Instruments --
Controlling and Networking of Instruments --
Signals and Signal Conditioning --
Types of Signals --
Multichannel and Multidimensional Signals --
Continuous or Discrete Signals --
Deterministic and Random Signals --
Transient Signals --
Signal Classification --
Single-Ended and Differential Signals --
Narrowband and Broadband Signals --
Low- and High-Output Impedance Signals --
Signal Conditioning at the Sensor Level --
Noise and Interference --
Thermal Noise --
Shot Noise --
Excess Noise --
Burst Noise --
Partition Noise --
Generation-Recombination Noise --
Spot Noise --
Total Noise --
Noise Bandwidth --
Spectral Density --
Sensors, Transducers, and Electronic Portable Instruments --
Voltage and Current Sensors --
Electronic Voltmeters --
Power and Power Factor Measurements --
Magnetic Sensors --
Primary Magnetic Sensors --
Hall-Effect Sensors --
Magnetodiodes and Magnetotransistor Sensors --
Magnetoresistive Sensors --
Magneto-Optical Sensors --
Integrated Magnetic Field Sensors --
Magnetic Thin Films --
Secondary Magnetic Sensors.
