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

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040210611
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	01/02/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	308
File size:	10 MB

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