This one-of-its-kind book offers a self-study course addressing all the facets of sensor applications, including a sensors application guide. This guide can be used to direct the reader to a family of sensors best suited to be used in specific sensor applications. Filled with examples of applying various materials technologies, this book also provides a wealth of information from theoretical and practical perspectives. It also includes descriptions of sensors, sensor technologies, sensor manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and much more.Content:Front Matter Preface Table of Contents1. Introduction and Overview2. Sensors and Sensing: History and Definitions3. Sensor Technologies4. Sensor Manufacturing5. Smart Sensing: "Adding Value" to the Sensing Circuit6. Control Partitioning: Should the "Smarts" Be in the Sensor or the System?7. Sensors + Artificial Intelligence: The "High End" of Sensor Partitioning8. Sensor Packaging: Pulling it All Together9. Bus-Based Sensing Systems: Combining Controls, Communication, and Diagnostic Capabilities to Create a "Whole That is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts"10. Is There Life after Silicon? (a.k.a.: The Future of Sensors)AppendicesIndex