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