Emphasizing open instrumentation over specific electrical components, this book enables readers to build chains of measurements for original applications not conventionally grouped. Offering a wealth of examples and end-of-chapter notes on circuits, architectures, and devices, it details case studies on nanotechnology, automotive, electronics, biomedical, renewable energy, and photovoltaics and supplements information with Appendices covering Lab Procedures, Electronic Datasheets, PIC background, MATLAB background, and Labview background. Specific chapters highlight noise, low level measurements, and nanotechnology instruments; DSP; and DSPIC; as well as further applications of scanning circuits, spectrum analyzers, and network analyzers.