PHYS 524 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Survey of Instrumentation and Laboratory Techniques

Readings and other sources

Unit 1 reading and reference material

Unit 2 reading and reference material

Unit 3 reading and reference material

See the various tutorials on the web sites of the sensors’ manufacturers. For example, Adafruit BME680.
Fundamentals of Acoustics 4th ed., L.E. Kinsler et al., John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2000).

Unit 4 reading and reference material

Unit 5 reading and reference material

Thermal Management Handbook, Maxim Integrated (2014), available online.

Unit 6 reading and reference material

The Finite Element Method: Linear Static and Dynamic Finite Element Analysis, Thomas J.R. Hughes, Dover (2000);
Fundamentals of Vibration Analysis, Nils O. Myklestad, Dover (2018);
Simulation and the Monte Carlo Method, R.Y. Rubinstein and D.P. Kroese, Wiley (2017).
Wiki Article on Monte Carlo Integration
Original Lepage Vegas paper

Unit 7 reading and reference material

Model Checking, E.M. Clarke, Jr. et al., The MIT Press (1999);
Principles and Practices of Quality Assurance, Ann Gravelis, SAGE Publications (2016).