Automating Science and Engineering Laboratories with Visual Basic

by Mark F. Russo

Book Overview

Laboranten und Analytiker stehen h ufig vor einem gravierenden Problem: Einerseits ben tigen sie Steuerprogramme f r Instrumente und einfache Software zur Sammlung, Speicherung und rudiment ren Auswertung ihrer Daten - andererseits haben sie in der Regel keine Programmiererfahrung. Dieser Band erkl rt die Visual-Basic-Entwicklungsumgebung so unkompliziert und praxisnah, da jeder Wissenschaftler und Ingenieur in die Lage versetzt wird, grundlegende,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471254932
• ISBN13: 9780471254935
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Wiley-Interscience
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

Excellent text for engineers seeking to interface their projects with the PC. I waited for a long time for a text like this to emerge. It contains all the practical stuff you won't see in generic computer science texts. Highly reccommended.

Nice book on Automation with Visual Basic

If you want to study Visual Basic with this book, it may not be a right choice. However, if you want to do automation with VB, this is a right book. Several topics in this book are very useful to me. 1)Communication methods with VB. One of the foundamental thing in automatic control of devices/instrument is to establish the communication between computer and devices/instrument. Several useful methods are covered. They are Dynamic Data Exchange(DDE), RS232(computer serial communication), and TCP/IP. This book will not enable you to understand in deep details what's really going on in RS232 or TCP/IP communications, but this book will definitely enable you to implement these methods. Actually, in most cases if not all, we do not need to know what's really going on in RS232 or TCP/IP communications at all. 2)Device control and data handling. This part covers how to handle the data transferred in communication--parsing, and control multiple devices/instrument. 3)Graphic interfaces, which will enable developers to build a friendly interface between the control system and end users. Please do not overlook this, it is most probably that the users' commends on your system depend a lot on this interface, because this is what they can see and handle with.This book is one of the valuable books on my shelf, and I would like to recomment to other people. Anyway, all depends on what you need and what you expect. This is just my 2 cents.Good luck in finding a book valuable for your use.

A timely addition to any scientist?s library

A paradigm shift in today's pharmaceutical industry is forcing many traditionally trained scientists to embrace an automated environment. As a result, software for controlling instrumentation is more important than ever and many companies have turned their efforts toward in-house development to answer this need. In their book, Mark Russo and Martin Echols show how today's most popular Windows development language can be used to create robust and reliable software for instrument control. The authors also include a terrific section on graphical displays, which will help you provide the user friendliness and visual representation of data that your users will expect. This book was a lifesaver for me. I recommend that anyone looking at integrating automation into his or her company's workflow buy this book and read it before doing anything else!

A practical book with a clear focus

If you want to use PCs for any kind of monitoring or control project, this book will give you a quick start. It covers both RS-232 and TCP/IP communications. It even shows you how to display and graph your data after you've collected it. Experienced Visual-Basic programmers will pick up many tips, and beginning programmers will find a good introduction to using Visual Basic for a practical purpose.

Top notch, for the novice to experienced lab programmer

I really like this book! It covers the topic in detail and to makes an important contribution to lab automation literature. It is an excellent resource for learning Visual Basic and then applying it to laboratory operations.