Lesson 1  Periodic Signals
  1.1  TimeDomain Description
  1.2  FrequencyDomain Description
  1.3  Orthogonal Functions
  1.4  The Fourier Series
  Exercises
  Reading Material:Underwater Acoustic Signal
Lesson 2  Aperiodic Signals
  2.1  Introduction
  2.2  The Exponential Form of the Fourier Series
  2.3  The Fourier Transform
  2.4  The Laplace Transform
  Exercises
  Reading Material:Properties of Signal and Noise
Lesson 3  SampledData Signals
  3.1  Introduction
  3.2  Mathematical Description Using the Dirac Function
  3.3  Spectra of Sampleddata Signals
  3.4  The ztransform
  Exercises
  Reading Material:Signal Sampling  
Lesson 4  Random Signals
  4.1  Introduction
  4.2  Elements of Probability Theory
  4.3  Amplitude Distribution and Moments
  4.4  The Autocorrelation and Power Spectral Density
  Exercises
  Reading Material:The Processing of Random Signal
Lesson 5  Static Performance
  5.1  The Ideal Measuring System
  5.2  Sensitivity
  5.3  Accuracy and Precision
  5.4  Possible and Probable Errors
  5.5  Other StaticPerformance Terms
  Exercises
  Reading Material:Noncontact Temperature Measurement
Lesson 6  Dynamic Performance
  6.1  Zeroorder Systems
  6.2  Firstorder Systems
  6.3  Secondorder Systems
  6.4  Stepresponse Specification
  6.5  Frequencyresponse Specification
  Exercises
  Reading Material:Eddy Current
Lesson 7  Basic Knowledge of Transducers  and Resistance Transducers
  7.1  Transducer Elements
  7.2  Transducer Sensitivity
  7.3  Characteristics of an Ideal Transducer
  7.4  Electrical Transducers
  7.5  Resistance Transducers
  Exercises
  Reading Material:Laser
Lesson 8  Capacitance, Inductance Transducers  and Some Others
  8.1  Capacitive Transducers
  8.2  Inductive Transducers
  8.3  Linear Variabledifferential Transformer(l.v.d.t.)
  8.4  Piezoelectric Transducers
  8.5  Electromagnetic Transducers
  8.6  Thermoelectric Transducers
  8.7  Photoelectric Cells (selfgenerating)
  8.8  Mechanical Transducers and Sensing Elements
  Exercises
  Reading Material:Video Camera
Lesson 9  Analog Instruments
  9.1  Meter Basics
  9.2  Ammeters
  9.3  Current Measuring Errors
  9.4  DC Voltmeters
  9.5  Voltage Measuring Errors
  9.6  Ohmmeter and Resistance Measurements
  9.7  Series Ohmmeter
  9.8  Shunt Ohmmeter
  9.9  Ohmmeter Accuracy
  9.10  VoltOhmMilliammeters
  9.11  Electronic Voltmeters
  9.12  Transistorized Electronic Voltmeters
  9.13  FET Voltmeters
  9.14   Operational Amplifier Electronic Voltmeters
  9.15  Electronic Current Measurements
  9.16  Resistance Measurements
  Exercises
  Reading Material:Rectifier Meters
Lesson 10  Digital Instruments
  10.1  Digital Displays
  10.2  Electronic Digital Counter
  10.3  Input Signal Conditioning
  10.4  Timerbase Oscillator
  10.5  Timerbase Dividers
  10.6  Counting Register
  10.7  Digital Voltmeter
  Exercises
  Reading Material:Risetime Measurements
Lesson 11  Computerbased Test Instruments
  11.1  Internal Adapters
  11.2   External PC Instruments
  11.3  AnalogtoDigital Conversion
  11.4  Computer Interface
  11.5  Generalpurpose Interface BUS
  Exercises
  Reading Material:PCbased Workstation
Lesson 12  Industrial Bus
  12.1  What is An Industrial Bus
  12.2  Data Line Isolation Theory
  Exercises
  Reading Material: Serial Communications Systems
Lesson 13  Programmable Logic Controller
  13.1  Basic PLC Operation
  13.2  HardWired Control
  13.3  Advantages of PLCs
  13.4  Siemens PLCs
  13.5  CPU
  13.6  Programming Devices
  13.7  Software  
  13.8  Connector Cables PPI (PointtoPoint Interface)
  Exercises
  Reading Material: Terminology
Lesson 14  Remote Sensing
  14.1  Sensors
  14.2  Satellites
  14.3  Outlook
  Exercises
  Reading Material:GPS
Lesson 15  Multisensor Data Fusion
  15.1  Introduction
  15.2  Technical Background
  15.3  Method
  15.4  Application
  Exercise