Introduction to instrumentation and automation for manufacturing. Electronics fundamentals. Instrumentation concepts. Sensing physical variables: temperature and pressure sensor instruments. Sensors of flow and level. Density, specific gravity, viscosity, humidity, acidity and alkalinity, weight, force, rotation, position, motion acceleration, vibration, and dimension sensors. Decision and control of the system. Control actuators and control valves. Automated material handling. Instrumentation applied to manufacturing machinery. Strategies of production automation. A strategy of automation with computers.