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Introduction To Instrumentation and Measurements: Engr. Edelito A. Handig
Introduction To Instrumentation and Measurements: Engr. Edelito A. Handig
What is Instrumentation?
• Instrumentation is the basis for a process
Introduction to Instrumentation
control in a given industry.
• It refers to a group of permanent systems which
and Measurements help us measure objects and maintain
retroactive control of a process.
Engr. Edelito A. Handig • It also refers to planning and providing
instruments and/or instrument systems for the
collection, storage, and analysis of data.
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Electronic Instruments
Electronic Instrumentation
• In scientific and industrial measurements, the
observation, interpretation and control are
increasingly carried out by measurement chains
based on electronic technologies which refers to
Electronic Instrumentation.
• A simple classification of electronic
instrumentation includes:
– sensors associated with electronic conditioning.
– instruments configured around a microcontroller.
– programmable electronic instruments.
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Accuracy Precision
• Accuracy refers to the degree of closeness or • Precision is the measure of the consistency or
conformity to the true value (expected value) of repeatability of measurements. It deals with
the quantity under measurement. conformity and significant figures.
Where: Where:
• ∣ER∣ is the absolute value of relative error. • Xn = value of the nth measurement
• A is the relative accuracy • Xave = average of the set of K number
• A% is the percent accuracy measurement
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