Programming the Parallel Port: Interfacing the PC for Data Acquisition and Process Control / Edition 1

by Dhananjay Gadre

Overview

Why purchase expensive add-on cards or bus interfaces when you can develop effective and economical data acquisition and process controls using C programs? Using the under-employed printer adapter (that is, the parallel port of your PC), you can turn your computer into a powerful tool for developing microprocessor applications. Learn how to build a complete data acquisition system and such varied applications as a CCD camera controller, a photometer interface, and a wave form generator. The book also covers the enhanced parallel port (EPP), the extended capabilities port (ECP), interfacing analog-to-digital converters, and data acquisition under Linux. This extraordinary software approach to interfacing through the parallel port will be especially appealing to programmers involved in control systems design and device development, as well as to those who work with real-time and embedded systems. ;

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780879305130
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/02/1998
Edition description:	BOOK&DISK
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dhananjay V. Gadre wrote these parallel port programs while developing instruments for the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Ganeshkind, India. He is currently on leave from the IUCAA to pursue a Ph.D. at the University of Idaho. Gadre's publication credits include Dr. Dobb's Journal, Embedded Systems Programming magazine, Electronics World, Computers in Physics, and EDN.

Table of Contents

Foreword Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 How to Build a Computer Interface Chapter 4 Programming and Using the Parallel Adapter Chapter 5 The Enhanced Parallel and Extended Capability Ports Chapter 6 Analog to Digital and Digital to Analog Chapter 7 Measuring Time and Frequency Chapter 8 Complete Data Acquisition Systems Chapter 9 Expanding Port Bits of the Parallel Port Chapter 10 Using the Parallel Port to Host an EPROM Emulator Chapter 13 Waveform Generation Chapter 14 Data Acquisition under Linux