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Uses working, proven circuit examples to explain how to select and configure a control system based on readily available software and hardware. Covers programming in assembly language, BASIC, and C, the IEEE-488 bus, interfacing, software packages, and applications, and offers appendices on SI units, multiples and sub-multiples, and decimal, binary, hexadecimal and ASCII tables. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland.

'Mike Tooley explains how to select and configure a control system based on readily available software and hardware using real, working proven circuit examples.' Electrotechnology

Book Description

PC Based Instrumentation and Control is a guide to implementing computer control, instrumentation and data acquisition using a standard PC and some of the most popular computer languages.

Numerous examples of configurations and working circuits, as well as representative software, make this a practical, hands-on guide to implementing PC-based testing and calibration systems and increasing efficiency without compromising quality or reliability. Guidance is given on modifying the circuits and software routines to meet the reader's specific needs.

The third edition includes updated coverage of PC hardware and bus systems, a new chapter on virtual instruments and an introduction to programming and software development in a modern 32-bit environment. Additional examples have been included, with source code and executables available for download from the companion website www.key2control.com.

Save money and increase efficiency with an instrumentation and control strategy using a standard PC Ideal for educational courses in control engineering and instrumentation create simple but realistic PC-based simulations. A companion website provides downloadable executables, source code, links to manufacturers and suppliers, and additional reference material.

Book Info

Author explains, using real, working, proven circuit examples, how to select and configure a control system based on readily available software and hardware. Paper. DLC: Automatic control - Data processing.

From the Back Cover

Save money and increase efficiency by using a standard PC platform to solve a wide variety of control, instrumentation and measurement problems.

Designed for practicing engineers and technicians, this book is also ideal for educational courses in control, instrumentation and measurement.

A companion website provides downloadable executables, source code, links to manufacturers and suppliers, and additional reference material.

PC Based Instrumentation and Control is a guide to implementing computer control, instrumentation and data acquisition using a standard PC and some of the most popular computer languages. Numerous sample applications, complete with examples of working circuits and representative software, make this a practical, hands-on guide to implementing a vast range of PC-based testing, measurement, and control systems. Advice is given on modifying the circuits and software routines to meet the reader's specific needs.

About the Author

Mike Tooley is Vice Principal at Brooklands College in Surrey, England. He is responsible for the delivery of learning to over 10,000 Further and Higher Education students increasingly by flexible, open and on-line distance learning. Mike is the well-known author of a number of popular electronic and related text books, including widely adopted course texts for BTEC Higher National Engineering, AVCE Engineering and GNVQ Intermediate Engineering. Mike's hobbies include astronomy, amateur radio and electronic circuit design and construction.

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