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Record Nr.

UNINA9911006882903321

Autore

Kularatna Nihal

Titolo

Digital and analogue instrumentation : testing and measurement / / Nihal Kularatna

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Institution of Electrical Engineers, c2003

ISBN

1-281-97132-4

9786611971328

1-61583-316-1

1-84919-001-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (677 p.)

Collana

IEE electrical measurement series ; ; v. 11

Disciplina

621.381548

Soggetti

Electronic instruments - Testing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Enabling technologies -- Data converters -- Waveform parameters, multimeters and pulse techniques -- Fundamentals of oscilloscopes -- Recent developments on DSO techniques -- Electronic counters -- Conventional signal sources and arbitrary waveform generators -- Spectrum analysis -- Logic analysers -- An introduction to instrument buses and VLSI testing -- Transmission measurements -- Digital signal processors -- Sensors -- Calibration of instruments.

Sommario/riassunto

A substantial update of his earlier book ""Modern Electronic Test and Measuring Instruments"" (IEE, 1996), the author provides a state-of-the art review of modern families of digital instruments. For each family he covers internal design, use and applications, highlighting their advantages and limitations from a practical application viewpoint. New enabling semiconductor technology including data converters, signal processors and modern sensors offers new capabilities to instrument designers and the book treats new digital instrument families such as DSOs, Arbitrary Function Generators, FFT an