Sensors Books

The day will soon come when you will be able to verbally communicate with a vehicle and instruct it to drive to a location. The car will navigate through street traffic and take you to your destination without additional instruction or effort on your...

Due to their speed, data density, and versatility, optical metrology tools play important roles in today's high-speed industrial manufacturing applications. Handbook of Optical Dimensional Metrology provides useful background information and practical...

Completely revised and reorganized while retaining the approachable style of the first edition, Infrared Detectors, Second Edition addresses the latest developments in the science and technology of infrared (IR) detection. Antoni Rogalski, an...

Application as well as detection of different chemicals plays an important role in the progress of modern science and technology. This book would be a valuable reference to select suitable materials for possible use in chemical sensors.

Advances such as 3-G mobile communications networks demonstrate the increasing capability of high-quality data transmission over wireless media. Adapting wireless functionality into instrument and sensor systems endows them with unmatched flexibility,...

Electrical Impedance: Principles, Measurement, and Applications provides a modern and much-needed overview of electrical impedance measurement science and its application in metrology, sensor reading, device and material characterizations. It presents...

The book describes the operating principles of CMOS images sensors, their architecture and performance, on-chip and external electronics, and characterisation techniques. Most of the book explores the pinned photodiode pixel, the experimental methods for...

This lab manual is a companion to the second edition of the textbook Real-Time Environmental Monitoring: Sensors and Systems. Tested in pedagogical settings by the author for many years, it includes applications with state-of-the-art sensor technology...

As wireless sensor networks (WSNs) appear in many promising applications by deployment over various geographical areas such as infrastructure protection, scientific exploration, military surveillance, and smart environments, it is essential for a...

This book unravels the recent studies in the field of modern sensors and sensor systems. It presents researches and studies performed by experts across the globe. Sensors and sensor systems are the objects used to detect changes in any given environment...

Advancements in technology have paved the way for innovative developments in geographic information systems. This has led to the creation of new platforms for spatial analysis applications and strategies. Spatial Analysis Techniques Using MyGeoffice® is...

Nanoelectronics are a diverse set of materials and devices that are so small that quantum mechanics need to be applied to their function. The possibilities these devices present outweigh the difficulties associated with their development, as biosensors...

Since the beginning, the development of quadcopters and drones has been strongly influenced by sensors in combination with microprocessors. These flight systems would not be feasible without sensors, because gyros, acceleration sensors and inertial...

Soft robots are more human-friendly than rigid-bodied robots. This is because they are light in weight, compliant in nature, safer during human interaction, and efficient in locomotion. They have good impact resistance and can access confined spaces due...

Sensors are the devices or subsystems that are used for the detection of events and changes in its environment. They collect the information and send it to other electronics. They are used in the objects of everyday use such as touch-sensitive elevator...

Das Gebiet der Sensorik ist zurzeit einem auffälligen Wandel unterworfen. Viele neue Verfahren werden zur Marktreife geführt und verdrängen bis dato etablierte ältere Techniken. Neue Anforderungen, unter anderem durch die notwendige Automatisierungs- und...

Sensors form a crucial part of measurement systems. This book elucidates the concepts and innovative models revolving around present as well as prospective developments of sensor engineering. Included in this book are coherent discussions on topics such...

High-speed, power-efficient analog integrated circuits can be used as standalone devices or to interface modern digital signal processors and micro-controllers in various applications, including multimedia, communication, instrumentation, and control...

Analysis and Application of Analog Electronic Circuits to Biomedical Instrumentation, Second Edition helps biomedical engineers understand the basic analog electronic circuits used for signal conditioning in biomedical instruments. It explains the...

Going beyond the traditional field of robotics to include other mobile vehicles, Mobile Intelligent Autonomous Systems describes important theoretical concepts, techniques, approaches, and applications that can be used to build truly mobile intelligent...

Weighing in on the growth of innovative technologies, the adoption of new standards, and the lack of educational development as it relates to current and emerging applications, the third edition of Introduction to Instrumentation and Measurements uses...

Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science, Fourth Edition, provides up-to-date coverage of experimentation methods in science and engineering. This edition adds five new "concept chapters" to introduce major areas of experimentation...

This book describes the types and properties of computer controlled industrial and laboratory measuring systems for data acquisition and processing signals of typical physical sensors.

Advances in technological devices unveil new architectures for instrumentation and improvements in measurement techniques. Sensing technology, related to biomedical aspects, plays a key role in nowadays applications; it...

Applications: - Applications of Microbial Cell Sensors, by Mifumi Shimomura-Shimizu and Isao Karube - Whole-Cell Bioreporters for the Detection of Bioavailable Metals, by Anu Hynninen and Marko Virta - Bacteriophage-Based...

This presents a comprehensive review of the applications in time, frequency, and time-frequency domains of signal processing techniques for damage perception, localization, and quantification in various structural systems. It covers a range of...

In our world today, the pervasive threat of air, water, and soil contaminants has reached unprecedented levels, pushing ecosystems to the brink and causing harm to individuals worldwide. Despite numerous attempts by scholars to mitigate this crisis, we...

The rapid advancement of IoT and smart technologies poses significant challenges for academic scholars, including meeting new requirements such as reliability, quality of service, and energy efficiency. AIoT and Smart Sensing Technologies for Smart...

In recent years, the advent of biosensors and bioelectronics has facilitated the swift and precise detection of numerous biomolecules or pathogens in animal samples, aquatic habitats, and plants. These technologies have emerged as potent assets for the...

The book "Improving the Performance of Wireless Sensor Networks Using Eeltmqrp" by Jayasutha D explores the use of the Eeltmqrp protocol to enhance the quality and reliability of wireless sensor networks. The author focuses on improving the overall...

This book details the latest developments in sensing technology and its application in food industry. It explores the opportunities created by the chemical and biosensing technology and improvements performed in recent years for better food quality,...

Providing a balanced treatment of the theoretical and practical sides of application and design, this book distills knowledge from various branches of applied science-electrical and mechanical engineering, analog electronics, mechanics, control theory,...

Sales of U.S. chemical sensors represent the largest segment of the multi-billion-dollar global sensor market, which includes instruments for chemical detection in gases and liquids, biosensors, and medical sensors. Although silicon-based devices have...

With the recent proliferation of service-oriented architectures (SOA), cloud computing technologies, and distributed-interconnected systems, distributed fusion is taking on a larger role in a variety of applications-from environmental monitoring and...

In the current push to convert to renewable sources of energy, many issues raised years ago on the economics and the difficulties of siting energy storage are once again being raised today. When large amounts of wind, solar, and other renewable energy...

Geotechnical instrumentation is used for installation, monitoring and assessment on any sizeable project, particularly in urban areas, and is used for recording, controlled remedial work, and safety. This unique and up-to-date book deals with the...

This second edition describes the various materials, devices, and technologies required to make electronics capable of operating in harsh conditions, such as exposure to extreme temperatures, humidity, or radiation. Implantable medical electronics,...

The field of electrical measurement continues to grow, with new techniques developed each year. From the basic thermocouple to cutting-edge virtual instrumentation, it is also becoming an increasingly "digital" endeavor. Books that attempt to capture the...

This book surveys advances in functional nanomaterials and their use in sensing. It covers their properties, synthesis, design, fabrication, and their applications, including in chemical, biological, and gas sensing, environmental remediation, fuel...

The book describes the development of innovative silicon sensors known as ultra-fast silicon detectors for use in the space-time tracking of charge particles. The first comprehensive collection of information on the topic, otherwise currently scattered...