Electronic Test Instruments: Analog and Digital Measurements, Second Editionoffers a thorough, unified, up-to-date survey of electronics instrumentation, digital and analog. Start with basic measurement theory, then master all mainstream forms of electronic test equipment through real-world application examples. This new edition is now fully updated for the latest technologies, with extensive new coverage of digital oscilloscopes, power supplies, and more.

In the testing and inspection of electrical and electronic equipment, a variety of electronic test instruments is required. Although many of these are commercially available, for many reasons (cost, challenge) many researchers, enthusiasts, and experimenters like to build such instruments themselves.

Heathkit was world renowned as a manufacturer of electronics in kit form. This book covers Heathkit's test equipment, starting with a brief history of Heathkit, an overview of the test equipment product lines and tips on buying and restoring vintage test equipment from sources like eBay. Separate chapters cover the major categories of component testers and substitution boxes, frequency counters, meters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, signal generators, tube testers and checkers and miscellaneous test equipment. Each chapter includes one or more "In-Depth" sections that look at a representative model from the author's Heathkit collection covering its features, operation, and notable quirks or trivia. The appendix provides a list of references and resources including books, web sites, and suppliers of parts, manuals and related products and services as well as a detailed product listing of every known model of test equipment produced by Heathkit.

A comprehensive work which examines modern instrumentation for testing and measurement. The author groups together common families of electronic instruments for ease of reference, provides discussion of VLSIs and ASICs, and describes the design trends of future instrument groups.

Contains information on how to build several pragmatic testing devices. Designed to be highly practical and space conscious, this book uses only commonly available components. Numerous construction tips are included, as pesky anomalies crop up in every project.

This new text describes the safe, efficient, and practical use of over 80 common electrical test instruments.

Modern Electronic Test Equipment

Introduction to instrumentation. Fundamentals of electronic-measurement instruments. Fundamentals of signal-generation instruments. Using electronic instruments. Instrumentation systems. Current- and voltage-measurement devices. Circuit-element measuring instruments. Signal-generation instruments. Frequency- and time-measurement instruments. Recording instruments. Special-function instruments. Microwave passive devices.