I refer to a web URL
http://www.lookingforcareer.in/cc/engineering/instrumentation/

Where it is clearly mentioned "Besides basic sciences and engineering subjects, communication and control systems, computers, microelectronics, radar and television engineering, microwave communication is taught in this course."

I have certain doubts how television and radar are used in automation engineering?

Any explanations?

 

Well, there are three types of radar-based level sensors commonly used in automation: guided wave, pulse and FMCW. It helps to know how they work. And television, well, video surveillance and video observation of process vessels is becoming commonplace, and video scanning of discrete parts making is very important and critical for quality. There's a video I've seen showing video scanning of a diaper-making machine operating at over 7000 diapers per minute. Human eye scanning isn't fast enough, so for defect recognition, they had to use video.

How's that?

Walt Boyes

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