Examples
In some cases the sensor is a very minor element of the mechanism. The term instrumentation may not always be appropriate, but the definition is so loose that no clear boundary has been defined. For a toilet, call a plumber; For equivalent fluid level control in a nuclear power plant, call an instrumentation engineer. Digital cameras and wristwatches might technically meet the loose definition of instrumentation because they record and/or display sensed information. Under most circumstances neither would be called instrumentation, but when used to measure the elapsed time of a race and to document the winner at the finish line, both would be called instrumentation.
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