1 Introduction. - 1. 1 Laboratory instrumentation and microcomputers. - 1. 2 Measurement systems. - 1. 3 Electronic black boxes. - 1. 4 A practical footnote. - 2 The Basics of Laboratory Signals. - 2. 1 Transducers. - 2. 2 Measurement signals. - 2. 3 The transducer connection. - 2. 4 Noise and interference. - 2. 5 Minimising interference. - 2. 6 Signal-to-noise ratio. - 2. 7 Control signals. - 3 The Elements of Analog Signal Handling. - 3. 1 Op-amps. - 3. 2 Feedback systems. - 3. 3 Basic amplifier configurations. - 3. 4 Bandwidth and slew rate. - 3. 5 Practical dc signal circuits. - 3. 6 Ac signal circuits. - 3. 7 Integrators. - 3. 8 Differentiators. - 3. 9 Pulse amplifiers. - 3. 10 Filters. - 4 The Elements of Digital Signal Handling. - 4. 1 Logic gates. - 4. 2 TTL families. - 4. 3 CMOS families. - 4. 4 CMOS and TTL together. - 4. 5 MSI circuits. - 4. 6 Generating logic levels. - 4. 7 Analog/digital interconversion. - 4. 8 Serial digital signals. - 5 The Modern Microcomputer. - 5. 1 The eight bit micro. - 5. 2 The programming language. - 5. 3 The operating system. - 5. 4 Peripherals. - 5. 5 Byte handling busses. - 5. 6 The video display. - 5. 7 Bit manipulation. - 5. 8 Timing and addressing. - 5. 9 Interrupts and interrupt flags. - 5. 10 The 16 bit micro. - 6 Interfacing Microcomputers with Laboratory Instrumentation. - 6. 1 Basic instrumental interface types. - 6. 2 Multiplexing. - 6. 3 Multiple byte interfaces. - 6. 4 Interface control. - 6. 5 Handshaking. - 6. 6 Synchronous byte transfers. - 6. 7 Dynamic interfaces. - 7 Standard Interface Systems. - 7. 1 Introduction. - 7. 2 The IEEE 488 standard. - 7. 3 The RS232C link. - 8 System Design. - 8. 1 An approach to system design / Case study. - Appendices. - Appendix 1 Decimal-hexadecimal conversion tables. - Appendix 2 The ASCII code. - Appendix 3 Sample assembler routine for GPIB adaptor. - Device index. Language: English