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PC-based Instrumentation and Control

  • 2nd Edition - January 16, 1995
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Mike Tooley
  • Language: English

In this established text Mike Tooley explains how to design and implement control systems using easily sourced components and tried and tested circuits. Representative software… Read more

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Description

In this established text Mike Tooley explains how to design and implement control systems using easily sourced components and tried and tested circuits. Representative software routines in a variety of languages (including 8086 assembler, BASIC and C) are included.

Readership

Practitioners and students of instrumentation and control

Table of contents

The IBM PC and compatibles; PC expansion systems; The operating system; System configuration; Programming; Assembly language programming; BASIC programming; C programming; The IEEE-488 bus; Interfacing; Software packages; Applications; Reliability and fault using real, working, proven circuit examples

Review quotes

“Mike Tooley explains how to select and configure a control system based on readily available software and hardware using real, working proven circuit examples.” —Electrotechnology

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 16, 1995
  • Language: English

About the author

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Mike Tooley

Mike Tooley is a technical author and consultant. He was formerly Vice Principal at Brooklands College in Surrey, England, where he was responsible for the delivery of learning to over 10,000 Further and Higher Education students increasingly by flexible, open and on-line distance learning. Mike is the well-known author of several popular engineering and related text books, including widely adopted course texts for BTEC, GCE A-level and GCSE qualifications in Engineering. Mike's hobbies include astronomy, amateur radio, aviation, computing and electronic circuit design and construction.
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly Vice Principal, Dean of Faculty and Head of Engineering at Brooklands College, Surrey, UK