Wiley Survey of Instrumentation and Measurement

Together, these articles provide authoritative coverage of the important topic of instrumentation and measurement. This collection also, for the first time, makes this information available to those who do not have access to the full 24-volume encyclopedia. The entire encyclopedia is available online-visit www.interscience.wiley.com/EEEE for more details. Articles are grouped under sections devoted to the major topics in instrumentation and measurement, including: Sensors and transducers Signal conditioning General-purpose instrumentation and measurement Electrical variables Electromagnetic variables Mechanical variables Time, frequency, and phase Noise and distortion Power and energy Instrumentation for chemistry and physics Interferometers and spectrometers Microscopy Data acquisition and recording Testing methods The articles collected here provide broad coverage of this important subject and make the Wiley Survey of Instrumentation and Measurement a vital resource for researchers and practitioners alikeCompiled from 98 articles on measurment and instrumentation, this text is accessible to individuals who need the information but do not have access to the full 24-volume encyclopedia."This book does contain a lot of material. For those people who are interested in the Wiley Encyclopedia, this book offers an alternative of getting essentially most of the information." (IEEE Circuits & Devices Magazine, November 2003) "I suggest the Dyer volume will give the most satisfaction as a general catalogue of the subject." (Measurement & Control, November 2001)In-depth coverage of instrumentation and measurement from the Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering PThe Wiley Survey of Instrumentation and Measurement features 97 articles selected from the Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, the one truly indispensable reference for electrical engineers. Together, these articles provide authoritative coverage of the important topic of instrumentation and measurement. This collection also, for the first time, makes this information available to those who do not have access to the full 24-volume encyclopedia. The entire encyclopedia is available online– visit www.interscience.wiley.com/EEEE for more details. PArticles are grouped under sections devoted to the major topics in instrumentation and measurement, including: UL LISensors and transducers/LI LISignal conditioning/LI LIGeneral-purpose instrumentation and measurement/LI LIElectrical variables/LI LIElectromagnetic variables/LI LIMechanical variables/LI LITime, frequency, and phase/LI LINoise and distortion/LI LIPower and energy/LI LIInstrumentation for chemistry and physics/LI LIInterferometers and spectrometers/LI LIMicroscopy/LI LIData acquisition and recording/LI LITesting methods/LI/UL PThe articles collected here provide broad coverage of this important subject and make the Wiley Survey of Instrumentation and Measurement a vital resource for researchers and practitioners alikeStephen A. Dyer is Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas