Feedback Control System Components Before we begin our discussion on…
A great many chemical composition measurements may be made indirectly…
Layer 1 of the OSI Reference Model is where we define the…
Perhaps the most important rule to obey when using pneumatic…
This section shows some of the many instrument symbols found in…
The digital multimeter (DMM) is quite possibly the most useful tool in…
To summarize some of the key points and concepts for teaching: Do not…
One of the fundamental laws of electric circuits is Kirchhoff’s…
A great many precision instruments use the principle of balance to…
Constructing PID control systems using discrete components is a…
Filled-bulb systems exploit the principle of fluid expansion to…
Regardless of valve type, all stem-actuated control valves require…
A limitation inherent to pneumatic valve actuators is the amount of…
Like so many other industrial data networks, FOUNDATION Fieldbus is an…
The two “process variables” we rely on most heavily in the…
An electromechanical relay is an electrical switch actuated by an…
A quantitative PID tuning procedure is a step-by-step approach leading…
Much has been written about the benefits of robust PID control.…
A different strategy for controlling the flow of fluid is to insert a…
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