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Contents

Preface ix
Vision Statement xi
Contributors xiii

PART 1 INSTRUMENTATION 1
1. Instrument Statics 3
Jerry Lee Hall, Sriram Sundararajan, and Mahmood Naim
2. Input and Output Characteristics 32
Adam C. Bell
3. Bridge Transducers 69
Patrick L. Walter
4. Measurements 116
E. L. Hixson and E. A. Ripperger
5. Temperature and Flow Transducers 131
Robert J. Moffat
6. Signal Processing 189
John Turnbull
7. Data Acquisition and Display Systems 209
Philip C. Milliman
8. Digital Integrated Circuits: A Practical Application 239
Todd Rhoad and Keith Folken

PART 2 SYSTEMS, CONTROLS, AND MEMS 255
9. Systems Engineering: Analysis, Design, and Information Processing for
Analysis and Design 257
Andrew P. Sage
10. Mathematical Models of Dynamic Physical Systems 300
K. Preston White, Jr.
11. Basic Control Systems Design 383
William J. Palm III
12. Closed-Loop Control System Analysis 443
Suhada Jayasuriya
13. Control System Performance Modification 503
Suhada Jayasuriya
14. Servoactuators for Closed-Loop Control 542
Karl N. Reid and Syed Hamid

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