Practical data acquisition for instrumentation and control systems /

* Covers all aspects of the data acquisition system from design and specification to programming, installation and configuration * Gives both the novice and experienced user a solid understanding of interfacing the PC and standalone instruments to real-world signals from the laboratory to the indust...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Park, John
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Mackay, Steve
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; Boston : Elsevier, 2003.
Subjects:	Automatic data collection systems. Management information systems. Management Information Systems Collecte automatique des données. Systèmes d'information de gestion. Automatic data collection systems Management information systems Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction to Data Acquisition & Control; Analog and Digital Signals; Signal Conditioning; The Personal Computer for Real Time Work; Plug-in Data Acquisition Boards; Serial Data Communications; Distributed & Standalone Loggers/Controllers; IEEE 488 Standard; Ethernet & LAN Systems; The Universal Serial Bus (USB); Specific Techniques; The PCMCIA Card; Appendix A: Glossary; Appendix B: IBM PC Bus Specifications; Appendix C: Review of the Intel 8255 PPI Chip; Appendix D: Review of the Intel 8254 Timer-Counter Chip; Appendix E: Thermocouple Tables; Appendix F: Numbers Systems; Appendix G: GPIB (IEEE-488) Mnemonics & their Definition; Appendix H: Practical Laboratories & Demonstrations; Appendix I: Command Structure & Programming.