Data Acquisition Techniques Using Personal Computers

✍ Scribed by Howard Austerlitz (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Inc, Academic Press
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 319
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Data Acquisition Techniques Using Personal Computers contains all the information required by a technical professional (engineer, scientist, technician) to implement a PC-based acquisition system. Including both basic tutorial information as well as some advanced topics, this work is suitable as a reference book for engineers or as a supplemental text for engineering students. It gives the reader enough understanding of the topics to implement a data acquisition system based on commercial products. A reader can alternatively learn how to custom build hardware or write his or her own software. Featuring diverse information, this book will be useful to both the technical professional and the hobbyist.

Key Features
Contains tables of reference information on PC/XT/AT computers that are usually not found in a single source
Includes hardware information, such as I/O addresses, memory maps, and hardware interrupts
Discusses software reference material including BIOS and DOS interrupt calls
Presents valuable hardware interface information including timing diagrams, design examples, and descriptions of standard interfaces, such as the RS-232 serial interface

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages xi-xii
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction to Data Acquisition, Pages 1-5
CHAPTER 2 - Analog Signal Transducers, Pages 6-23
CHAPTER 3 - Analog Signal Conditioning, Pages 24-39
CHAPTER 4 - Analog/Digital Conversions, Pages 40-62
CHAPTER 5 - The Personal Computer, Pages 63-82
CHAPTER 6 - Interfacing Hardware to the PC Bus, Pages 83-94
CHAPTER 7 - Interfacing Software to the PC, Pages 95-111
CHAPTER 8 - Standard Hardware Interfaces, Pages 112-142
CHAPTER 9 - Data Storage and Compression Techniques, Pages 143-170
CHAPTER 10 - Data Processing and Analysis, Pages 171-198
CHAPTER 11 - Commercial Data Acquisition Products, Pages 199-230
CHAPTER 12 - Other Personal Computer Systems and Hardware, Pages 231-250
CHAPTER 13 - Computer Programming Languages, Pages 251-272
CHAPTER 14 - PC-Based Data Acquisition Applications, Pages 273-294
APPENDIX A - Data Acquisition Hardware Manufacturers, Pages 295-299
APPENDIX B - Data Acquisition Software Manufacturers, Pages 301-303
Bibliography, Pages 305-306
Index, Pages 307-316