Department of Physics

Bengt.Lindgren@Fysik.uu.se
Last updated: 3-Sep-04

Preface

This is part 2 of a compendium in Measuring Techniques intended for a course in Computer based measuring techniques on distance. Part 1 (in Swedish) is intended for a basic course covering analog and digital electronics with applications to sensors and actuators. This part, Computer Based Measuring Techniques, covers computer busses and interface techniques, as well as signal analysis with FFT and data analyses with least square fits.

Contents:

11. Introduction
11.1 PID control

12. Microcomputers and busses
12.1 CPU  Central Processing Unit
12.2 Memory
12.3 Interrupt
12.4 Digital signal transmission
12.5 Other parallel backplane busses
12.6 Parallel busses with "cable interface"
12.7 Serial communication
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13. GPIB - IEEE 488
13.1 GPIB features
13.2 Software
13.3 CECHP Hewlett-Packard style universal language driver for GPIB

14. Analog and digital.
14.1 D/A and A/D-converters (DAC - ADC)
14.2 Noise
14.3 Isolation amplifiers

15. Signal analysis
15.1 Definitions:
15.2 Sampling theorem:
15.3 Signal analyses and Fourier methods
15.4 Digital filters
15.5 Correlation - autocorrelation
15.6 FFTDEMO with MATLAB
15.7 FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) with Excel

16. Data analysis
16.1 Basics
16.2 Expanded measurement uncertainty
16.3 Combination of measurement uncertainty:
16.4 Least Square Fits - LSQF
16.5 Least Square Fits (LSQF) with  MATLAB
16.6 Least square fits with Excel - linear model
16.7 Least square fits with Excel - non linear model

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