Introduction and History--Temperature Measurement--Force and Weight Measurement--Pressure Measurement--Flow Measurement--Selected Other Measurements--Digital Transducers--Units, Standards and Errors--Number Systems,Logic and Logic Elements--The Digital Computer--Input-Output structures--Measurement of digital Computer Power and Performance--analogue signal Conversion--Interface Components and Techniques--Signal processing--Interface Systems and Standards--Communications--Real Time Languages--Programming Real Time Systems--Real Time Operating Systems--Case Studies in Instrumentation--Case Studies in Control and Computing