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To better understand the design and operation of self-balancing pneumatic mechanisms, it is helpful to examine…
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Process measurements are often of an analog nature: the temperature of a furnace, the rate of fluid flow…
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The efficient identification and correction of instrument calibration errors is an important function for…
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It is possible to convey electrical power and communicate analog information over the same two wires using 4…
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Feedback obtained from industrial users of FF reveal a common pattern: Fieldbus is a powerful and reliable…
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An interesting parallel to the “unity fraction” unit conversion technique is something referred to…
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When I began teaching full-time in 1998, most of what I thought I understood about good teaching was actually…
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Labwork is an essential part of any science-based curriculum. Here, much improvement may be made over the…
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A fluid is any substance having the ability to flow: to freely change shape and move under the influence of a…
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An engineer named Bob Metcalfe conceived the idea of Ethernet in 1973, while working for the Xerox research…
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Visualizing the actions of P, I, and D tuning parameters using graphs is extremely useful in predicting the…
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The simplest form of 4-20 mA current loop is the type used to represent the output of a process controller,…
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Certain types of nuclear radiation easily penetrates the walls of industrial vessels, but is attenuated by…
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A great many chemical composition measurements may be made indirectly by means of electricity, if those…
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Many years ago, when I was first learning about electricity, I happened to discover a length of coaxial…
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“Feedforward” is a rather under-used control strategy capable of managing a great many types of…
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In addition to Ohm’s Law, we have a set of rules describing how voltages, currents, and resistances…
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In reliability engineering, it is important to be able to quantity the reliability (or conversely, the…
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