Measurements in Physics 2.

Course description:
Communication between computer and measuring device. Using the PC serial port for device control (hardware and software). Using the PC parallel port for device control (hardware and software). Special communication cards for PCs (IO, DMA, interrupt, physical accomplishment, programming). Fitting of A/D and D/A converters to PCs. Circuit supplying devices (analogue and digital signal processing). Solving of regulation problems in PCs (regulation and control). Digital signal processors. Application of robot technology in computational measuring devices.

Recommended Texts:

• Deobelin E. O.: Measurement systems: Applications and design,  McGraw-Hill, NY 1990
• Bolton W.: Newnes Instrumentation and Measurement, Newnes, Oxford, 1998
• Morris A. S.: Principles of Measurement and Instrumentation, Prentice Hall, 1988