Build Your Own Low-Cost Data Acquisition and Display Devices

by Jeffrey Hirst Johnson

Book Overview

Jeffrey Hirst Johnson shows how to turn any IBM PC or compatible computer into a high-performance data communications system, not by installing expensive, special-purpose boards and peripherals, but by taking advantage of the serial and parallel ports that come with the computer.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830643494
• ISBN13: 9780830643493
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Tab Books
• Length: 305 Pages

Customer Reviews

a very pratical book that worth its price

I AM FROM MALAYSIA, GOOD TECHNICAL BOOKS ON COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS ARE CONSIDER RARE IF NOT NONE. I PICK THIS BOOKS FROM SINGAPORE FOR SS45.49 AND I STRONGLY FEEL ITS MONEY WORTH, THE SAD PART IS I HAD TO TYPE SOURCE PROGRAM MYSELF, I DO NOT MIND PAYING FOR THE COMPANION DISK. I HOPE THE AUTHOR WILL HAVE WEB SITE WHERE I CAN JUST DOWNLOAD FOR A FEE.

hot diggity

I'm not an Electronics Engineer, but I feel very comfortable with this book. I learned my electronics over 30 years ago. So my knowledge is weak, dated, to say the least. However, I've tried to keep an interest in electronics. I come from an industrial background. I'm accustomed to building power plants, refineries, etc. Then came PC's. Well I waited until the 486 came out. Anything less was a joke. Now I want to connect everything to my PC. This book is just right for me. I took refresher courses at the local college to "bone_up" a bit on my antiquated electronics. I'm not a PROGRAMMER either, but the programming in this book is done already. I think it could be scanned....Whoops!

Excellent, informative and very practical for applicators.

Although robotic sensors do not interest as many people as they probably should - this book explains their importance (and how to create them at low cost) with a finese rarely seen within the electrical engineering library canon. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the topic at all. A real cornerstone in basic sensor construction!