All substances are comprised of various elements in various…
Learning is not merely a process of information transfer. It is first…
(Will be addressed in future versions of this book)
In a manually-controlled process, a human operator directly actuates…
All masses require force to accelerate (we can also think of this in…
One of the great benefits of digital technology is the ability to…
While the term “probability” may evoke images of…
Modern DC and AC motor drives provide features useful when using…
Since we often use electricity to convey energy from one location to…
To better understand the design and operation of self-balancing…
Perhaps the most valuable skill an instrument technician can possess…
A powerful mathematical concept useful for analyzing practically any…
It is often useful to express the amplitude of an alternating quantity…
A proximity switch is one detecting the proximity (closeness) of some…
To summarize some of the key points and concepts for teaching: Do not…
A simple control system drawn in block diagram form looks like this:…
DC electric motors generate torque by a reaction between two magnetic…
The Law of Continuity for fluids states that the product of mass…
Visualizing the actions of P, I, and D tuning parameters using graphs…
