Sensors and Transducers: A Guide for Technicians - Hardcover

Sinclair, Ian Robertson

 
9780750604154: Sensors and Transducers: A Guide for Technicians

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The steady spread of electronics circuits into all aspects of life, but particularly into control technology, has greatly increased the importance of sensors which can detect, as electrical signals, changes in various physical quantities. The range of possible sensors and transducers is now very large, but most textbooks tend to deal with only a few types for specific purposes.
In this book Ian Sinclair has described a large range of devices, some for industrial, some for domestic use, some for use only in research laboratories. To make the book useful to as many readers as possible, the physical principles of each device are explained in as much depth as is needed, and the use of mathematics has been avoided unless it is absolutely essential to the understanding of a device.
This enlarged new edition includes a new chapter on instrumentation techniques, and new material on A-D and D-A conversion (the latest bitstream techniques), domestic smoke detectors, non-destructive testing of weld integrity, environmental testing etc.
The book will be invaluable reading to all engineers and technicians, as well as enthusiasts, who encounter sensors and transducers from the standpoint of specification, design, servicing or education.

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Ian Sinclair was born in 1932 in Tayport, Fife, and graduated from the University of St. Andrews in 1956. In that year, he joined the English Electric Valve Co. in Chelmsford, Essex, to work on the design of specialised cathode-ray tubes, and later on small transmitting valves and TV transmitting tubes. In 1966, he became an assistant lecturer at Hornchurch Technical College, and in 1967 joined the staff of Braintree College of F.E. as a lecturer. His first book, “Understanding Electronic Components” was published in 1972, and he has been writing ever since, particularly for the novice in Electronics or Computing. The interest in computing arose after seeing a Tandy TRS80 in San Francisco in 1977, and of his 204 published books, about half have been on computing topics, starting with a guide to Microsoft Basic on the TRS80 in 1979. He left teaching in 1984 to concentrate entirely on writing, and has also gained experience in computer typesetting, particularly for mathematical texts. He has recently visited Seattle to see Microsoft at work, and to remind them that he has been using Microsoft products longer than most Microsoft employees can remember. Ian Sinclair is the author of the following Made Simple books: Lotus 1-2-3- (2.4 DOS version) MS-DOS (up to version 6.22) PagePlus for Windows 3.1 Hard drives He is also the author of many other books published under our Newnes imprint.Visit Ian's website at http://website.lineone.net/~ian_sinclair

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