Electronic Test Instruments: Analog and Digital Measurements [Paperback]

This book is for the student, technician or engineer who understands basic electronics and wants to learn more about electronic measurements. To use instruments effectively, it's necessary to understand basic measurement theory and how it relates to practical measurements.

Electronic instruments: theory, applications, and real-world practice.

• The practical guide to electronic test and measurement: instruments and techniques, digital and analog
• Measurement techniques for maximizing accuracy
• Meters, signal sources, oscilloscopes, frequency counters, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, logic analyzers, and more
• Includes many circuit models and conceptual block diagrams

Electronic Test Instruments: Analog and Digital Measurements, Second Edition offers a thorough, unified, up-to-date survey of the entire field of electronic instrumentation: instruments and techniques, digital and analog.

Robert A. Witte first introduces basic measurement theory, then covers each type of commonly used electronic test equipment. Using detailed examples, Witte shows how these systems are applied in real-world applications, introducing core functionality and showing how to choose the right instrument for each task. This new second edition has been updated throughout, reflecting the latest technologies and presenting extensive new coverage of digital oscilloscopes and power supplies.

• Introduces essential measurement theory and explains its relationship to practical measurements
• Covers all mainstream test instruments, including meters, signal sources, oscilloscopes, frequency counters, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, network analyzers, logic probes, and logic analyzers
• Presents circuit models and conceptual block diagrams that clarify the behavior of complex circuits and instruments
• Explains key commonalities and differences between digital and analog instrumentation from the user's standpoint
• Introduces advanced circuit concepts and techniques that help users achieve higher quality measurements
• Illuminates important concepts such as loading effect, grounding, and bandwidth

ROBERT A. WITTE is an Engineering Manager with Agilent Technologies (formerly Hewlett-Packard), where he is responsible for the design and development of electronic test and measurement equipment. He has taught electrical engineering courses as an adjunct professor at two universities and has written two books and numerous magazine articles about test and measurement instrumentation.