Contents__eol____eol__Lesson 1 Periodic Signals__eol__1.1 Time Domain Description__eol__1.2 Frequency Domain Description__eol__1.3 Orthogonal Functions__eol__1.4 The Fourier Series__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: Underwater Acoustic Signal __eol__Lesson 2 Aperiodic Signal__eol__2.1 Introduction__eol__2.2 The Exponential Form of the Fourier Series__eol__2.3 The Fourier Transform__eol__2.4 The Laplace Transform__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: Properties of Signal and Noise__eol__Lesson 3 Sampled Data Signals__eol__3.1 Introduction__eol__3.2 Mathematical Description Using the Dirac Function__eol__3.3 Spectra of Sampled-data Signals__eol__3.4 The z-transform__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: Signal Sampling __eol__Lesson 4 Random Signals__eol__4.1 Introduction__eol__4.2 Elements of Probability Theory__eol__4.3 Amplitude Distribution and Moments__eol__4.4 The Autocorrelation and Power Spectral Density__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: The Processing of Random Signal__eol__Lesson 5 Static Performance__eol__5.1 The Ideal Measuring System__eol__5.2 Sensitivity__eol__5.3 Accuracy and Precision__eol__5.4 Possible and Probable Errors__eol__5.5 Other Static Performance Terms__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: Noncontact Temperature Measurement__eol__Lesson 6 Dynamic Performance__eol__6.1 Zero-order Systems__eol__6.2 First-order Systems__eol__6.3 Second-order Systems__eol__6.4 Step-response Specification__eol__6.5 Frequency-response Specification__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: Eddy Current __eol__Lesson 7 Basic Knowledge of Transducers and Resistance Transducers__eol__7.1 Transducer Elements__eol__7.2 Transducer Sensitivity__eol__7.3 Characteristics of an Ideal Transducer__eol__7.4 Electrical Transducers__eol__7.5 Resistance Transducers__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: Laser__eol__Lesson 8 Capacitance, Inductance Transducers and Some Others__eol__8.1 Capacitive Transducers__eol__8.2 Inductive Transducers__eol__8.3 Linear Variable-differential Transformer (l.v.d.t.)__eol__8.4 Piezo-electric Transducers__eol__8.5 Electromagnetic Transducers__eol__8.6 Thermoelectric Transducers__eol__8.7 Photoelectric Cells (self-generating)__eol__8.8 Mechanical Transducers and Sensing Elements__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: Video Camera__eol__Lesson 9 Analog Instruments__eol__9.1 Meter Basics__eol__9.2 Ammeters__eol__9.3 Current Measuring Errors__eol__9.4 DC Voltmeters__eol__9.5 Voltage Measuring Errors__eol__9.6 Ohmmeter and Resistance Measurements__eol__9.7 Series Ohmmeter__eol__9.8 Shunt Ohmmeter__eol__9.9 Ohmmeter Accuracy__eol__9.10 Volt Ohm Milliammeters__eol__9.11 Electronic Voltmeters__eol__9.12 Transistorized Electronic Voltmeters__eol__9.13 FET Voltmeters__eol__9.14 Operational Amplifier Electronic Voltmeters__eol__9.15 Electronic Current Measurements__eol__9.16 Resistance Measurements__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: Rectifier Meters__eol__Lesson 10 Digital Instruments__eol__10.1 Digital Displays__eol__10.2 Electronic Digital Counter__eol__10.3 Input Signal Conditioning__eol__10.4 Timerbase Oscillator__eol__10.5 Timerbase Dividers__eol__10.6 Counting Register__eol__10.7 Digital Voltmeter__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: Rise-time Measurements__eol__Lesson 11 Computer-based Test Instruments__eol__11.1 Internal Adapters__eol__11.2 External PC Instruments__eol__11.3 Analog-to-Digital Conversion__eol__11.4 Computer Interface__eol__11.5 General-purpose Interface BUS__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: PC-based Workstation__eol__Lesson 12 Industrial Bus__eol__12.1 What is An Industrial Bus__eol__12.2 Data Line Isolation Theory__eol__Exercises__eol__Reading Material: Serial Communications Systems__eol__Lesson 13 Programmable Logic Controller__eol__13.1 Basic PLC Operation__eol__13.2 Hard-Wired Control__eol__13.3 Advantages of PLCs__eol__13.4 Siemens PLCs__eol__13.5 CPU__eol__13.6 Programming Devices__eol__13.7 Software __eol__13.8 Connector Cables PPI (Point-to-Point Interface