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Pragmatic electrical engineering : systems and instruments /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eccles, William J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool, [2011]
Series:Synthesis lectures on digital circuits and systems ; #34.
Subjects:
Electrical engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Electrical.
Electrical engineering
Control systems
Characterizing systems
Instrumentation
Bridge circuit
Signal, filter
Electromagnetic compatibility
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Closed-loop control systems
  • 1.1. dB
  • Bels and decibels
  • Example I, using dB
  • Example II, gain from dB
  • 1.2. Bode plots
  • Asymptotes math
  • Putting the asymptotes together
  • Example III, Bode plot for one pole
  • Example IV, Bode plot for pole and zero
  • Example V, Bode plot for two poles
  • Example VI, Bode plot to try
  • What do these mean
  • Finishing up Bode's work
  • 1.3. Closed-loop systems
  • Closing the loop
  • Analyzing the loop
  • Example VII, transfer function
  • Fractional error
  • Example VII continued
  • Example VIII, motor speed control
  • Example IX, linear positioner
  • 1.4. Bandwidth
  • Example IX continued
  • Simplifying TF(s)
  • Example IX continued some more
  • Faster response
  • Bode representation
  • 1.5. Stability
  • 1.6. More example
  • Example X, really IX continued again
  • Example XI, finding maximum gain
  • 1.7. Summary
  • Formulas and equations
  • 2. Characterizing a system
  • 2.1. Time-domain responses
  • First-order systems
  • Second-order systems
  • 2.2. Characterizing
  • Example I, 1st-order system
  • Example II, 2nd-order system
  • 2.3. More example
  • Example III, Logarithmic decrement
  • Example IV, Fractional overshoot
  • 2.4. Summary
  • Formulas and equations
  • 3. Instrumentation
  • 3.1. Strain gauge
  • Voltage divider
  • Wheatstone bridge
  • Improved bridge
  • Example I-2-arm strain-gauge bridge
  • Example II-4-arm strain-gauge bridge
  • 3.2. Resistance temperature detector
  • RTD itself
  • 2-wire RTD bridge
  • 3-wire RTD bridge
  • Comparison of two bridges
  • 4-wire ohmmeter
  • Employing an RTD
  • Example III, Comparing RTD connections
  • Example IV, RTD ohmmeter
  • 3.3. Thermocouple
  • Seebeck effect
  • Other junction arrangements
  • Thermocouple types
  • 3.4. More example
  • Example V, Broken strain-gauge bridge
  • Example VI, RTD wiring
  • 3.5. Summary
  • Formulas and equations
  • 4. Processing signals
  • 4.1. Signals
  • Signals in the time domain
  • Signals in the frequency domain
  • Signal conditioning
  • Example I, Making a signal smaller
  • Example II, Amplifier with limitations
  • 4.2. Filters
  • Basic filter forms
  • Break frequency and half-power
  • Example III, Low-pass passive filter
  • Example IV, Active low-pass filter
  • RC and break frequency
  • 4.3. More example
  • Example V, Low-pass active filter
  • Example VI, High-pass active filter
  • Example VII, Band-pass active filter
  • 4.4. Summary
  • Formulas and equations
  • 5. Electromagnetic compatibility
  • 5.1. Noise
  • 5.2. Capacitive coupling
  • Calculating capacitive coupling
  • Reducing capacitive coupling
  • Example I, Benefit of ground plane
  • 5.3. Magnetic coupling
  • 5.4. Electromagnetic shielding
  • Absorption by the shield
  • Reflection by the shield
  • A and R together
  • Example II, Shield thickness
  • Holes in the shield
  • Building shields
  • 5.5. More examples
  • Example III, Shielding a cable
  • Example IV, Holes in a case
  • 5.6. Summary
  • Formulas and equations
  • Author's biography.