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Pneumatics is a branch of technology, which deals with the study and application of use

of pressurized gas to affect mechanical motion.

Pneumatic systems are extensively used in industry, where factories are commonly
plumbed with compressed air or other compressed inert gases. This is because a
centrally-located and electrically-powered compressor that powerscylinders and other
pneumatic devices through solenoid valves is often able to provide motive power in a
cheaper, safer, more flexible, and more reliable way than a large number of electric
motors and actuators.

An analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal for which the time varying feature
(variable) of the signal is a representation of some other time varying quantity, i.e.,
analogous to another time varying signal. It differs from a digital signal in terms of small
fluctuations in the signal which are meaningful. Analog is usually thought of in
an electrical context; however, mechanical, pneumatic,hydraulic, and other systems may
also convey analog signals.

An analog signal uses some property of the medium to convey the signal's information.
For example, an aneroid barometer uses rotary position as the signal to convey pressure
information. Electrically, the property most commonly used is voltage followed closely
byfrequency, current, and charge.

electronics, science and technology based on and concerned with the controlled flow
of electrons or other carriers of electric charge

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digital

- Digital describes electronic technology that generates, stores, and processes data in terms of two
states: positive and non-positive. Positive is expressed or represented by the number 1 and non-positive by
the number 0. Thus, data transmitted or stored with digital technology is expressed as a string of 0's and 1's.
Each of these state digits is referred to as a bit (and a string of bits that a computer can address individually
as a group is a byte).
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Process control deals with the regulation of processes by applying


the feedback principle using various computing devices, principally
digital computation. Process control requires sensors for measuring
variables and valves for implementing decisions.
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Instrumentation is defined as the art and science of measurement and control.[1]

An instrument is a device that measures and/or regulates process variables such as flow,
temperature, level, or pressure. Instruments include many varied contrivances which can
be as simple as valves and transmitters, and as complex as analyzers. Instruments often
comprise control systems of varied processes such as refineries, factories, and vehicles.
The control of processes is one of the main branches of applied instrumentation.
Instrumentation can also refer to handheld devices that measure some desired variable.

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