GATE for Instrumentation

   1. Passive Transducer:  No generation of voltage Eg. , Strain Gauge, RTD  (Resistance Temperature Detector),  Resistance Hygrometer, Thermistor,   Piezoelectric Transducer,  etc.  2. Active Transducer: Generation of voltage/current E.g.  Thermocouple, Piezoelectric Transducer, Photo-volatile Cell, Tachogenerator  3. Analog Transducer  E.g., Strain Gauge, LVDT, Thermocouple, Thermistor 4. Digital Transducer E.g.,  Tu rbine meter used in for flow measurement 5. Transducer (converts a non-electrical quantity into an electrical quantity) Eg. LVDT (mechanical displacement to electrical), Thermocouple (Temp to voltage) 6. Inverse Transducer (an electrical quantity into a non-electrical quantity) E.g., Piezoelectric crystals  7. Primary and secondary Transducer  E.g. For pressure measurement, a bourden tube is used, which is used to convert pressure to displacement. After, LVDT ...

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Book review of Instrumentation, Measurement and Analysis  by Nakra and Chaudhry (3rd Edition)  Buy on Amazon  Features of book: Useful for transducer and basic electronics  Google book  Many examples of transducers  Theory is also explained nicely.  Various useful tables are given.  Covers true/false,  fill the blank and objective types of questions with answers at the end of chapter. 

Book Review for Fundamentals of Industrial Instrumentation by Alok Barur ( Buy on Amazon ) 1.        Book covers NPTEL lectures by the same author (Indian Institute of Technology – Kharagpur), link  http://nptel.ac.in/courses/108105064/ 2.        Various types of examples for transducers 3.        In NPTEL lectures, text transcripts are also available for reading in the same link. 4.        Objective type questions at the end of book. 5.        Explain  various signal conditioning circuits for sensor design. 

Control System   By A. Anand Kumar 2 nd  Edition, PHI Publications Buy on Amazon Syllabus of Control System (*) Features of Book ·         At the end of every chapter, objective, numerical and short questions are given. ·         Many solved examples in all chapters Sr. No Topic IN EE EC Reference from Book 1 Basic of Control System, Mathematical modeling and representation of systems, Basic control system components; Yes Yes Yes Chapter 1, 2 2 Feedback principles Yes Yes Yes Chapter 1 3 Transfer function Yes Yes Yes   4 Block Diagram Methods Yes Yes Yes Chapter 3 5 Signal flow ...

Linear Control System with MATLAB Application By B.S.Manke 11 th Edition, Khanna Publications Buy on Amazon Syllabus of Control System (*) Sr. No Topic IN EE EC Reference from Book 1 Basic of Control System, Mathematical modeling and representation of systems, Basic control system components; Yes Yes Yes Chapter 1, Chapter 5 (Mathematical Modeling) 2 Feedback principles Yes Yes Yes Chapter 1 3 Transfer function Yes Yes Yes Chapter 2 4 Block Diagram Methods Yes Yes Yes Chapter 3 5 Signal flow graphs Yes Yes Yes Chapter 4 6 Transient response, Yes Yes Yes Cha...

 FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL CIRCUITS  By A. ANAND KUMAR (3rd Edition)   Buy on Amazon   Topic and Chapter Mapping According to GATE Syllabus (*)   Basics of number systems:  Chapter 2  Combinational logic circuits, minimization of Boolean functions:  Chapter 3 to 7  IC families: TTL and CMOS:  Chapter 16  Flip-flops: Chapter 10  shift registers: Chapter 11  Timers and counters: Chapter 12  analog-to-digital (successive approximation, integrating, flash and sigma-delta) and digital-to-analog converters (weighted R, R-2R ladder and current steering logic).: Chapter 17  Characteristics of ADC and DAC (resolution, quantization, significant bits, conversion/settling time);    Chapter 17  Arithmetic circuits, comparators: Chapter 7  Schmitt trigger, multi-vibrators:  Chapter 19  memory:  Chapter 18 sequential circuits:    Chapter 10 to 12   Guidelin...