Microcomputer Interfacing and Applications, Second Edition

This is the applications guide to interfacing microcomputers. It offers practical non-mathematical solutions to interfacing problems in many applications including data acquisition and control. Emphasis is given to the definition of the objectives of the interface, then comparing possible solutions and producing the best interface for every situation. Dr Mustafa A Mustafa is a senior designer of control equipment and has written many technical articles and papers on the subject of computers and their application to control engineering. This is an applications guide to interfacing microcomputers. It offers practical non-mathematical solutions to interfacing problems in many applications including data acquisition and control. Emphasis is given to the definition of the objectives of the interface, then comparing possible solutions and producing the best interface for every situation. Worked examples illustrate each chapter in this wide-ranging design manual for practitioners and students.;Chapters on interfacing techniques, add-ons, ports, A/D and D/A converters, data conversion and waveform generation have been updated in this new edition (the last was entitled "Digital and Analogue Interfacing for Microcomputers"). New chapters on counters and timers, switching devices, optical devices, temperature measurement and control and motor control have been added to illustrate further the range of applications. The operation and interfacing of a wide range of devices from all the major suppliers are included.;Dr Mustafa A. Mustafa is a senior designer of control equipment and has written many technical articles and papers on the subject of computers and their application to control engineering.;This book should appeal to electronics engineers and final year degree students Content: Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv Preface, Pages ix-xii List of Trademarks, Page xiii Chapter 1 - Operation of a microcomputer, Pages 1-36 Chapter 2 - Microcomputer interfacing techniques, Pages 37-60 Chapter 3 - Microcomputers and add-ons, Pages 61-81 Chapter 4 - Using digital-input and digital-output ports, Pages 82-115 Chapter 5 - Multiplexing, storing and data-conversion techniques, Pages 116-136 Chapter 6 - Interfacing D/A converters to microcomputers, Pages 137-157 Chapter 7 - Interfacing A/D converters to microcomputers, Pages 158-182 Chapter 8 - Using data-conversion ICs, Pages 183-200 Chapter 9 - Counters and timers, Pages 201-241 Chapter 10 - Switching devices, Pages 242-274 Chapter 11 - Optical devices, Pages 275-301 Chapter 12 - Generating waveforms, Pages 302-319 Chapter 13 - Microcomputer-controlled robotic mechanisms, Pages 320-343 Chapter 14 - Temperature measurement and control, Pages 344-371 Chapter 15 - Motor control, Pages 372-399 Chapter 16 - Miscellaneous applications, Pages 400-424 Chapter 17 - Limitations, upgrading and development tools, Pages 425-449 Appendix, Page 450 Index, Pages 451-456