Industrial electronics for engineers, chemists, and technicians, with optional lab experiments

This book can be used as a resource for working engineers and technicians, to quickly look up problems that commonly occur with industrial electronics, such as the measurement noise due to "EMI," or oscillations from "ground loops." Sufficient understanding can be obtained to solve such problems, and to avoid additional problems in the future. Most other books in this field are oriented toward electronics specialists, and they are more difficult for chemical, mechanical, or industrial engineers to use for this purpose. The book can also be utilized as a text for a first-year laboratory course in practical electronics, either in vocational high schools, or in various collegelevel engineering schools, or in company training programs for people who are already in the work force. This course was designed with a view toward the fact that a great deal of electronic equipment for measurement and automation is in use nowadays, and technologists are often faced with difficulties due to misuse of equipment or failure of various components. It has been the author's experience in industrial jobs that a basic understanding of electronics can often prevent misuse, and it can aid in diagnosing equipment failure. Quite often a basic understanding can also lead to improvising new circuits that are simple but still very useful.