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Everything about Instrumentation
Measuring instruments which monitor and control a process
Instrumentation is a collective term for measuring instruments, used for indicating, measuring, and recording physical quantities. It is also a field of study about the art and science about making measurement instruments, involving the related areas of metrology, automation, and control theory. The term has its origins in the art and science of scientific instrument-making. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: InstrumentationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Overview of the Instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic InstrumentInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Principles of instrumental analysisThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Magnetoencephalography—theory, instrumentation, and applications to noninvasive studies of the working human brainCited 4,061 times
- Go sideways: Instrumentation in petrochemical industriesA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Current loopA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments.
Noun The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; instrumental composition; composition for an orchestra or military band.
Noun The act or manner of playing upon musical instruments; performance.
Noun On a vehicle, dashboard gauges monitoring engine functions and performance, along with other essential functions.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Magnetoencephalography—theory, instrumentation, and applications to noninvasive studies of the working human brain
A review on continuous wave functional near-infrared spectroscopy and imaging instrumentation and methodology
Introduction: Understanding Public Policy through Its Instruments—From the Nature of Instruments to the Sociology of Public Policy Instrumentation
First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. II. Array and Instrumentation
Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy: fundamentals and advances in instrumentation, analysis, and applications
X-Ray Diffraction: Instrumentation and Applications
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering Microscopy: Instrumentation, Theory, and Applications
Ambient mass spectrometry using desorption electrospray ionization (DESI): instrumentation, mechanisms and applications in forensics, chemistry, and biology
🆕 Influential since 2022
Overview of the Instrumentation for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for environmental analysis: Basic principles, instrumentation, applications and recent trends
Terahertz (THz) biophotonics technology: Instrumentation, techniques, and biomedical applications
The QICK (Quantum Instrumentation Control Kit): Readout and control for qubits and detectors
Mid-Infrared Photothermal Microscopy: Principle, Instrumentation, and Applications
📚 Books worth reading
Principles of instrumental analysisDouglas Arvid Skoog, Donald M. West · 1971
OrchestrationCecil Forsyth · 1914
Greg's MicroscopeMillicent E. Selsam · 1963
Instrumental methods of analysisHobart Hurd Willard, Lynne L. Merritt · 1948
A Dictionary of Musical ThemesHarold Barlow, Sam Morgenstern · 1948
Sounds and scoresHenry Mancini · 1962
Universal dictionary of violin and bow makersWilliam Henley · 1959
Mechanical measurementsT. G. Beckwith, Thomas G. Beckwith · 1961
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🔗 Related topics
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