Sensors, Actuators, and Their Interfaces: A multidisciplinary introduction (Control, Robotics and Sensors) - Hardcover

Ida, Nathan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785618350 ISBN 13: 9781785618352

Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2020

Synopsis

Sensors and actuators are used daily in countless applications to ensure more accurate and reliable workflows and safer environments. Many students and young engineers with engineering and science backgrounds often come prepared with circuits and programming skills but have little knowledge of sensors and sensing strategies and their interfacing.

In this fully revised and expanded second edition, the author looks at sensors and actuators based on a broad area of detection methods. He takes a general and applications-oriented approach to the topic and makes it discipline-independent to cater for a broad audience. Important coverage is given to interfacing (the processes and mechanisms between the sensors and actuators) that makes systems work reliably and accurately. Topics covered include different type of sensors and actuators (temperature, thermal, optical, electric, magnetic, mechanical, acoustic, chemical, radiation, and smart sensors) and their interfaces. The book contains numerous examples and problem sets as well as useful appendices.

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About the Author

Nathan Ida is Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Akron, USA. He teaches electromagnetics, antenna theory, electromagnetic compatibility, sensing and actuation, and computational methods and algorithms. His research interests are various but include numerical modelling of electromagnetic fields. He serves as Editor in Chief for Sensing and Imaging and is a board member of the IET International Book Series on Sensors.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institution of Engineering and Technology
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785618350
• ISBN 13: 9781785618352
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 928