本书由16篇课文和16篇阅读材料组成，涉及的内容包括：电子技术、数字系统、信号处理、测试技术、仪器仪表、遥感通信等。课文内容新颖，文体规范，难度适中。为了适应专业英语教学的要求，书中所涉及的内容既对学生所学过的课程进行了必要的覆盖，又有所拓宽和延伸，力求反映测控技术与仪器的现状和发展趋势，既可提高读者英语阅读水平，又能使读者了解学科前沿。

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Lesson 1 Periodic Signals

 1.1 Time-Domain Description

 1.2 Frequency-Domain Description

 1.3 Orthogonal Functions

 1.4 The Fourier Series

 Exercises

 Reading Material:Underwater Acoustic Signal

Lesson 2 Aperiodic Signal

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 The Exponential Form of the Fourier Series

 2.3 The Fourier Transform

 2.4 The Laplace Transform

 Exercises

 Reading Material:Properties of Signal and Noise

Lesson 3 Sampled-Data Signals

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 Mathematical Description Using the Dirac Function

 3.3 Spectra of Sampled-data Signals

 3.4 The z-transform

 Exercises

 Reading Material: Signal Sampling

Lesson 4 Random Signals

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Elements of Probability Theory

 4.3 Amplitude Distribution and Moments

 4.4 The Autocorrelation and Power Spectral Density

 Exercises

 Reading Material:The Processing of Random Signal

Lesson 5 Static Performance

 5.1 The Ideal Measuring System

 5.2 Sensitivity

 5.3 Accuracy and Precision

 5.4 Possible and Probable Errors

 5.5 Other Static-Performance Terms

 Exercises

 Reading Material：Noncontact Temperature Measurement

Lesson 6 Dynamic Performance

 6.1 Zero-order Systems

 6.2 First order Systems

 6.3 Second-order Systems

 6.4 Step-response Specification

 6.5 Frequency-response Specification

 Exercises

 Reading Material： Eddy Current

Lesson 7 Basic Knowledge of Transducers and Resistance Transducers

 7.1 Transducer Elements

 7.2 Transducer Sensitivity

 7.3 Characteristics of an Ideal Transducer

 7.4 Electrical Transducers

 7.5 Resistance Transducers

 Exercises

 Reading Material: Laser

Lesson 8 Capacitance, Inductance Transducers and Some Others

 8.1 Capacitive Transducers

 8.2 Inductive Transducers

 8.3 Linear Variable-differential Transformer(l. v. d. t. )

 8.4  Piezo-electric Transducers

 8.5 Electromagnetic Transducers

 8.6 Thermoelectric Transducers

 8.7 Photoelectric Cells (self-generating)

 8.8 Mechanical Transducers and Sensing Elements

 Exercises

 Reading Material: Video Camera

Lesson 9 Analog Instruments

 9.1 Meter Basics

 9.2 Ammeters

 9.3 Current Measuring Errors

 9.4 DC Voltmeters

 9.5 Voltage Measuring Errors

 9.6 Ohmmeter and Resistance Measurements

 9.7 Series Ohmmeter

 9.8 Shunt Ohmmeter

 9.9 Ohmmeter Accuracy

 9.10 Volt-Ohm-Milliammeters

 9.11 Electronic Voltmeters

 9.12 Transistorized Electronic Voltmeters

 9.13 FET Voltmeters

 9.14 Operational Amplifier Electronic Voltmeters

 9.15 Electronic Current Measurements

 9.16 Resistance Measurements

 Exercises

 Reading Material: Rectifier Meters

Lesson 10 Digital Instruments

 10.1 Digital Displays

 10.2 Electronic Digital Counter

 10.3 Input Signal Conditioning

 10.4 Timerbase Oscillator

 10.5 Timerbase Dividers

 10.6 Counting Register

 10.7 Digital Voltmeter

 Exercises

 Reading Material: Rise-time Measurements

Lesson 11 Computer-based Test Instruments

 11.1 Internal Adapters

 11.2 External PC Instruments

 11.3 Analog-to-Digital Conversion

 11.4 Computer Interface

 11.5 General-purpose Interface BUS

 Exercises

 Reading Material: PC-based Workstation

Lesson 12 Electronics

 12.1 Introduction

 12.2 Historical Background

 12.3 Electronic Components

 Exercises

 Reading Material.. Electronic Circuits

Lesson 13 Microprocessor

 13.1 Introduction

 13.2 Computer Memory

 13.3 Microcontroller

 13.4 Semiconductors

 13.5 Transistors

 13.6 Construction of Microprocessors

 13.7 History of the Microprocessor

 13.8 Future Technology

 Exercises

 Reading Material: Number Systems

Lesson 14 Remote Sensing

 14.1 Sensors

 14.2 Satellites

 14.3 Outlook

 Exercises

 Reading Material: GPS

Lesson 15 Multi-sensor Data Fusion

 15.1 Introduction

 15.2 Technical Background

 15.3 Method

 15.4 Application

 Reading Material:Multi-sensor Image Fusion

Lesson 16 Nanoteehnology

 16.1 Nanotechnology

 16.2 Material Technology

 16.3 Precision Machining and Materials Processing

 16.4 Applications

 Reading Material: Micro-machine

参考译文

 第1课 周期信号

 第2课 非周期信号

 第3课 数据采样信号

 第4课 随机信号

 第5课 静态性能

 第6课 动态性能

 第7课 传感器和电阻式传感器的基础知识

 第8课 电容式、电感式传感器及其他

 第9课 模拟仪器

 第10课 数字仪器

 第11课 基于计算机的测试仪器

 第12课 电子学

 第13课 微处理器

 第14课 遥感

 第15课 多传感器数据融合

 第16课 纳米技术

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