Abstract
This tutorial discusses how measurement is a key to life and explores where we use measurements. It defines instrumentation and measurement and reviews basic principles. Case studies detail car, LOX tank, submarine data acquisition system, and medical device examples. This tutorial also explores where instrumentation is found (e.g. laboratory, field instruments, car engine control, aircraft avionics and flight control, bridges, factories, houses, appliances) and discuss systems of instruments. It reviews sensor types, sizes and systems and covers basic instrumentation with a look at general configurations focused on areas such as inputs, conditioning and transformation, analog pre-processing, analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), outputs and basic processing. Review system configurations and the evolution of system designs are also discussed. After completing this course you should be able to develop and understanding of: The need for measurement and basic principles of measurements; Basic components or subsystems of a measurement instrument; Various architectures that can define instrumentation.

Educational Course Subject Areas
Instrumentation & Measurement

Keywords
measurement ,  measurand ,  instrumentation ,  calibration ,  transducer ,  sensor ,  transfer function ,  span or range ,  full scale output ,  accuracy ,  resolution ,  precision ,  linearity ,  threshold ,  hysteresis ,  specificity ,  noise ,  sensitivity ,  stability ,  survivability ,  sa