Description:A state-of-the-art review of modern families of digital instruments. For each family, the author covers internal design, use and applications, highlighting their advantages and limitations from a practical application viewpoint. New enabling semiconductor technology offers new capabilities to instrument designers and the text treats digital instrument families including data converters, signal processors and modern sensors. This title is an update of the author's earlier work, 'Modern Electronic Test and Measuring Instruments.'Also available: Adaptive Array Principles - ISBN 0863412475 Principles of Microwave Circuits - ISBN 0863411002The Institution of Engineering and Technology is one of the world's leading professional societies for the engineering and technology community. The IET publishes more than 100 new titles every year; a rich mix of books, journals and magazines with a back catalogue of more than 350 books in 18 different subject areas including: -Power & Energy -Renewable Energy -Radar, Sonar & Navigation -Electromagnetics -Electrical Measurement -History of Technology -Technology Management