Includes bibliographical references (p. 294) and index.
Tony Fischer-Cripps is a Project Leader in the Division of Telecommunications and Industrial Physics of the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation), Australia. He was previously lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia, and has also worked for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA (NIST, formerly National Bureau of Standards - NBS). *The essential pocket reference for engineers and students *Interfacing in action: PCs, PLCs, transducers and instrumentation in one book *Develop systems and applications that work with Newnes Interfacing Companion.
Preface; Part 1 - Transducers; Measurement systems; Temperature; Light; Position and motion; Force, pressure and flow; -- Part 2 - Interfacing; Number systems; Computer architecture; Assembly language; Interfacing; A to D & D to A conversions; Data communications; Programmable logic controllers; Data acquisition project; -- Part 3 - Signal processing; Transfer function; Active filters; Instrumentation amplifier; Noise; Digital signal processing; Index; Further reading; Parts lists.
Subtitle on cover: Computers, transducers, instrumentation and signal processing