Everything about Instrument control

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: Instrument controlA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Real-time control of a hearing instrument with EEG-based attention decodingInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Sensory evaluation techniquesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Detecting Instrument Malfunctions in Control SystemsCited 187 times
5. Go sideways: Instrument driverA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: GPIBA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Detecting Instrument Malfunctions in Control Systems

  R.N. Clark, D. Fosth, V. Walton · 1975 · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems · 187 citations

• Robotic Endoscope Control Via Autonomous Instrument Tracking

  Caspar Gruijthuijsen, Luis C. Garcia-Peraza-Herrera, Gianni Borghesan · 2022 · Frontiers in Robotics and AI · 58 citations

• SPICE—Spectrometer and Instrument Control Environment

  M.D. Lumsden, J.L. Robertson, M. Yethiraj · 2006 · Physica B: Condensed Matter · 20 citations

• The SINQ instrument control software system

  H Heer, M Könnecke, D Maden · 1997 · Physica B: Condensed Matter · 14 citations

• Centralized Instrument Control for a TEM Laboratory

  M. Bergen, M. Malac, R.A. McLeod · 2013 · Microscopy and Microanalysis · 13 citations

• The ARIEL Instrument Control Unit design

  M. Focardi, E. Pace, M. Farina · 2017 · Experimental Astronomy · 8 citations

• Instrument instability and short-term monetary control

  Timothy D. Lane · 1984 · Journal of Monetary Economics · 7 citations

• Composing instrument control dynamics

  Dylan Menzies · 2002 · Organised Sound · 6 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Real-time control of a hearing instrument with EEG-based attention decoding

  Jens Hjortkjær, Daniel D E Wong, Alessandro Catania · 2025 · Journal of Neural Engineering · 30 citations

• Modern Data Acquisition Approaches in Proteomics Based on Dynamic Instrument Control

  Michael J. Plank · 2022 · Journal of Proteome Research · 12 citations

• Quality Control to Reduce Appearance Defects at PT. Musical Instrument

  Dikka Safriyanto, Fibi Eko Putra, Putri Anggun Sari · 2024 · International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT) · 5 citations

• Improving precision instrument cleaning with a quality control module: implementation and outcomes

  Juan Xiong, Wei Jiang, Wei Wan · 2025 · Frontiers in Public Health · 5 citations

• Reduced Working Time as Political, Management and Control Instrument

  Geraldo Tessarini Junior, Patricia Saltorato · 2022 · Organizações & Sociedade · 4 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• Sensory evaluation techniquesMorten Meilgaard, Morten C. Meilgaard · 1987
• Process control instrumentation technologyJohnson, Curtis D. · 1977
• SCADAStuart A. Boyer · 1993
• Validation standard operating proceduresSyed Imtiaz Haider · 2001
• 📕PC-Based Instrumentation and ControlMike Tooley · 1995
• Applied instrumentation in the process industriesW. G. Andrew · 1900
• 📕Intelligent instrumentationManabendra Bhuyan · 2010
• Medical device quality assurance and regulatory complianceRichard C. Fries · 1998

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics

• Instrument driver An instrument driver, in the context of test and measurement (T&M) application development, is a set of software routines that simplifies remote instrument…
• GPIB General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB) or Hewlett-Packard Interface Bus (HP-IB) is a short-range digital communications eight-bit parallel multi-master interface…
• VME eXtensions for Instrumentation VME eXtensions for instrumentation (VXI) bus refers to standards for automated test based upon VMEbus. VXI defines additional bus lines for timing and…
• Electronic test equipment Electronic test equipment is used to create signals and capture responses from electronic devices under test (DUTs). In this way, the proper operation…
• Automatic test equipment Automatic test equipment or automated test equipment (ATE) is any apparatus that performs tests on a device, known as the device under test (DUT), equipment…
• Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments The Standard Commands for Programmable Instruments (SCPI; often pronounced "skippy") defines a standard for syntax and commands to use in controlling programmab…
• LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation (LXI) is a standard which defines the communication protocols for instrumentation and data acquisition systems using…
• High Speed LAN Instrument Protocol HiSLIP (High-Speed LAN Instrument Protocol) is a TCP/IP-based protocol for remote instrument control of LAN-based test and measurement instruments. It…