Electronic Instrument Handbook
Clyde F. Coombs · 1999
Introduction to electronic instruments and measurements: calibration, traceability and standards electrical standards data acquisition transducers analogue to digital conversion signal sources microwave signal sources digital signal processors microprocessors power supplies user interfaces. Current and voltage measurement instruments: voltage, current and resistance instruments oscilloscopes power measurements. Signal and waveform generation instruments: oscillators pulse generators microsignals. Frequency and time measurement instruments: counters precision timers spectrum analyzers. Lightwave test and measurement instruments: lightwave signal sources lightwave signal analyzers lightwave component analyzers optical time domain reflectometers. Circuit element measurement instruments: impedance measuring semiconductor test instruments network analyzers. Digital domain instruments: logic analyzers protocol analyzers bit error rate. Microwave passive devices. Using electronic instruments: impedance considerations electrical inference electrical grounding distributed parameters and component considerations digital interface issues. Instruments in systems: introduction to instrument systems switches in an automated test system instrument system elements modular instruments. Software and connectivity for instrumentation: software and instrumentation distributed measurement network connections instrument drivers graphical user interfaces virtual instruments and software defined instruments. Distributed and networked instrumentation: smart sensors Internet.