Smart sensors /
Paul W. Chapman.
- Research Triangle Park , NC : ISA, 1996.
- x,162 p. : ill ; 26 cm. + hbk
- An Independent learning module from the Instrument Society of America .
- Independent learning module from the Instrument Society of America. .
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-149) and index.
Unit 1: Introduction and Overview -- Unit 2: Sensors and Sensing: History and Definitions -- Unit 3: Sensor Technologies -- Unit 4: Sensor Manufacturing -- Unit 5: Smart Sensing "Adding Value" to the Sensing Circuit -- Unit 6: Control Partitioning: Should the "Smarts" be in the sensor or the system? -- Unit 7: Sensors + Artificial Intelligence: The "high end" of sensor partitioning -- Sensor packaging: Pulling it all together -- Unit 9: Bus-based sensing systems: Combining controls, communication and diagnostic capabilities -- Unit 10: Is there life after Silicon? (a.k.a.: The future of Sensors).