Title :
Instrumentation II: The microprocessors jack-of-all-trades: It´s used for calibration, control, computation, conversion, decision-making, test, and maintenance
Abstract :
While surveying the design of a dozen existing microprocessor-based instruments, the author was impressed by the variety of instrument functions that seem to lend themselves to microprocessor implementation. This article examines some of these functions, using various features of existing instruments as examples.
Keywords :
control engineering applications of computers; calibration; computation; control; conversion; decision making; design; maintenance; microprocessor based instruments; test; Calibration; Instruments; Microprocessors; PROM; Program processors; Temperature measurement;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.1974.6368632