The Signal Conditioning Handbook is a 144-page guide to making sensor-based measurements using PC-based data acquisition equipment. The latest revision has expanded coverage to include new sensor types that have emerged since the last publication, as well as expanded coverage of additional topics including:?Analog to Digital Conversion?Multiplexing?Electrical Measurements?Fundamental Signal Conditioning?Temperature Measurement?Strain Measurements?Vibration and Sound?Displacement and Position Sensing?Noise Reduction and Isolation?Digital and Pulse Train Signal Conditioning?Transducer Electronic Data Sheets
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.
This book describes the fundamentals of data acquisition systems, how they enable users to sample signals that measure real physical conditions and convert the resulting samples into digital, numeric values that can be analyzed by a computer. The author takes a problem-solving approach to data acquisition, providing the tools engineers need to use the concepts introduced. Coverage includes sensors that convert physical parameters to electrical signals, signal conditioning circuitry to convert sensor signals into a form that can be converted to digital values and analog-to-digital converters, which convert conditioned sensor signals to digital values. Readers will benefit from the hands-on approach, culminating with data acquisition projects, including hardware and software needed to build data acquisition systems.
This well-organized book is intended for the undergraduate students of Electrical, Electronics and Communications, Computer, Instrumentation and Instrumentation and Control Engineering; and postgraduate students of science in Electronics, Physics and Instrumentation. Data acquisition being the core of all PC-based measurements and control instrumentation systems engineering, this book presents detailed discussions on PC bus based data acquisition, remote data acquisition, GPIB data acquisition and networked data acquisition configurations. This book also describes sensors, signal-conditioning and principles of PC-based data acquisition. It provides several latest and advanced techniques. This book stresses the need for understanding the use of Personal Computers in measurement and control instrumentation applications. KEY FEATURES : • Provides several laboratory experiments to help the readers to gain hands-on experience in PC-based measurement and control. • Provides a number of review questions/problems (with solutions to the odd numbered problems) and objective type questions with solutions. • Presents a number of working circuits, design and programming examples. • Presents comparison of properties, features and characteristics of different bus systems, interface standards, and network protocols. • Includes the advanced techniques such as sigma–delta converter, RS-485, I2C bus, SPI bus, FireWire, IEEE-488.2, SCPI and Fieldbus standards.
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.
The practical, succinct LabVIEW data acquisition tutorial for every professional. No matter how much LabVIEW experience you have, this compact tutorial gives you core skills for producing virtually any data acquisition (DAQ) application-input and output. Designed for every engineer and scientist, LabVIEW for Data Acquisition begins with quick-start primers on both LabVIEW and DAQ, and builds your skills with extensive code examples and visual explanations drawn from Bruce Mihura's extensive experience teaching LabVIEW to professionals. Includes extensive coverage of DAQ-specific programming techniques Real-world techniques for maximizing accuracy and efficiency The 10 most common LabVIEW DAQ development problems-with specific solutions Addresses simulation, debugging, real-time issues, and network/distributed systems Preventing unauthorized changes to your LabVIEW code An overview of transducers for a wide variety of signals Non-NI alternatives for hardware and software LabVIEW for Data Acquisition includes an extensive collection of real-world LabVIEW applications, lists of LabVIEW tips and tricks, coverage of non-NI software and hardware alternatives, and much more. Whatever data acquisition application you need to create, this is the book to start and finish with. RELATED WEBSITE The accompanying website includes an evaluation version of LabVIEW and key LabVIEW code covered in the book.
