Nihal Kularatna is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. From 1986 to 2000 he developed a research and development base at the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies in Sri Lanka where he was a Principal Research Engineer and subsequently CEO (2000-2001). He has published over 50 papers and is the author of three books. He is a Fellow of the IET.

'The author provides a state-of-the art review of modern families of digital instruments.'

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Enabling technologiesChapter 3: Data convertersChapter 4: Waveform parameters, multimeters and pulse techniquesChapter 5: Fundamentals of oscilloscopesChapter 6: Recent developments on DSO techniquesChapter 7: Electronic countersChapter 8: Conventional signal sources and arbitrary waveform generatorsChapter 9: Spectrum analysisChapter 10: Logic analysersChapter 11: An introduction to instrument buses and VLSI testingChapter 12: Transmission measurementsChapter 13: Digital signal processorsChapter 14: SensorsChapter 15: Calibration of instruments

Nihal Kularatna is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. From 1986 to 2000 he developed a research and development base at the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies in Sri Lanka where he was a Principal Research Engineer and subsequently CEO (2000-2001). He has published over 50 papers and is the author of three books. He is a Fellow of the IET.

'The author provides a state-of-the art review of modern families of digital instruments.'

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Enabling technologiesChapter 3: Data convertersChapter 4: Waveform parameters, multimeters and pulse techniquesChapter 5: Fundamentals of oscilloscopesChapter 6: Recent developments on DSO techniquesChapter 7: Electronic countersChapter 8: Conventional signal sources and arbitrary waveform generatorsChapter 9: Spectrum analysisChapter 10: Logic analysersChapter 11: An introduction to instrument buses and VLSI testingChapter 12: Transmission measurementsChapter 13: Digital signal processorsChapter 14: SensorsChapter 15: Calibration of instruments

Nihal Kularatna is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. From 1986 to 2000 he developed a research and development base at the Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies in Sri Lanka where he was a Principal Research Engineer and subsequently CEO (2000-2001). He has published over 50 papers and is the author of three books. He is a Fellow of the IET.

'The author provides a state-of-the art review of modern families of digital instruments.'

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Enabling technologiesChapter 3: Data convertersChapter 4: Waveform parameters, multimeters and pulse techniquesChapter 5: Fundamentals of oscilloscopesChapter 6: Recent developments on DSO techniquesChapter 7: Electronic countersChapter 8: Conventional signal sources and arbitrary waveform generatorsChapter 9: Spectrum analysisChapter 10: Logic analysersChapter 11: An introduction to instrument buses and VLSI testingChapter 12: Transmission measurementsChapter 13: Digital signal processorsChapter 14: SensorsChapter 15: Calibration of instruments