Me too (completed these courses just after you posted them) and completely agree with Florian (courses accessible and self-contained). I'm also grateful to the NPL for this e-learning chance.
On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 7:24 PM Florian Teply <use...@teply.info> wrote: > > Am Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:40:28 +0100 > schrieb "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk>: > > > I am currently doing the free courses at NPL. > > > > I’ve done a couple of the basic metrology courses > > > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-metrology/ > > > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-measurement-uncertainty/ > > > > as well as the intermediate level > > > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-uncertainty-budgets/ > > > > I am just about to start the advanced > > > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-and-evaluating-measurement-uncertainty/ > > > > but fear I will probably struggle with this, as I don’t work in this > > area. I was looking for a book or two that are either a general book > > on metrology. > > > > I am looking more for an understanding of fundamental principles, > > rather than a specific area. I can find tons of books on Amazon about > > laser metrology, mechanical metrology and other disciplines, but can > > not seem to find anything that is general, so can give the > > mathematics and theory, without it being too specific to one area. > > > > The NPL courses have lists of resources, but these all tend to be > > standards (GUM, ISO or other resources at NPL. ) I can not see any > > text books listed. > > > > I am particularly interested in electrical measurements (voltage, > > frequency, power etc), but I am not at this point interested in > > buying a book on a very narrow subject area. > > > > Any ideas? > > > As I have completed these courses just after you posted them, here's my > two cents worth: I found these courses to be pretty acessible and > self-contained. So, in effect I didn't need any further literature. > Sure, I recently had another training on the general subject of > managing test equiment, which just barely touched the topic of > measurement uncertainty. > > But nevertheless as you apparently already ordered some literature, > I'd be keen to hear your opinion on it, as I was planning to buy > something on the topic myself. > > Florian > > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
