Data Acquisition and Process Control Using Personal Computers [Hardcover]

Covers all areas of computer-based data acquisition--from basic concepts to the most recent technical developments--without the burden of long theoretical derivations and proofs. Offers practical, solution-oriented design examples and real-life case studies in each chapter and furnishes valuable selection guides for specific types of hardware. Introduction to data acquisition systems; signal conditioning for PC-based acquisition systems; D/A and A/D converters; transducers and sensors; industry standard data acquisition equipment for the PC; local data acquisition using the PC; local data acquisition using GPIB; remote data acquisition using the PC; interfacing actuators to the PC; networked data acquisition and fieldbus; industry standard software for PC-based data acquisition; appendix A - sensor and detector data sheets; appendix B - motor and controller data sheets; appendix C - cylinder and valve data sheets.