What is the difference between Instrumentation Engineering and Control System Engineering?

<p>To know the key differences between them refer to the table given below which covers all the important details about both the courses in their comparison context:</p><table dir="ltr" style="width: 58.2392%;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><colgroup><col style="width: 27.0685%;" width="100"><col style="width: 33.1807%;" width="100"><col style="width: 39.7296%;" width="100"></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>Feature</th><th>Instrumentation Engineering</th><th><div><div>Control Systems Engineering</div></div></th></tr><tr><td>Focus</td><td>Design, selection, and installation of instruments for measurement and control.</td><td><div><div>Design and implementation of feedback control systems to achieve desired performance.</div></div></td></tr><tr><td>Emphasis</td><td>Hardware - sensors, transducers, transmitters, actuators, valves, etc.</td><td><div><div>Software - control algorithms, modeling, simulation, optimization, etc.</div></div></td></tr><tr><td>Core Courses</td><td>Physics, chemistry, materials science, instrumentation technologies, signal processing, data acquisition.</td><td><div><div>Mathematics, computer science, control theory, system dynamics, robotics, mechatronics.</div></div></td></tr><tr><td>Typical Projects</td><td>Selecting sensors for a chemical reactor, designing a pneumatic control system, calibrating instruments.</td><td><div><div>Developing a controller for an autonomous robot, optimizing performance of a power plant, designing a fault-tolerant control system.</div></div></td></tr><tr><td>Industries served</td><td>Chemical, oil &amp; gas, power generation, pharmaceuticals, food processing, manufacturing.</td><td><div><div>Aerospace, automotive, robotics, transportation, telecommunications, consumer electronics.</div></div></td></tr><tr><td>Career Options</td><td>Instrumentation engineer, field service engineer, calibration technician, project engineer.</td><td><div><div>Control systems engineer, automation engineer, embedded systems engineer, robotics engineer.</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

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