As computerisation in the medical environment has increased, so the advantages of storage and computer analysis of data from various equipment has become well recognised. Most medical monitoring and measurement equipment now supports an RS-232 serial interface allowing for direct computer access both in terms of data analysis and equipment control. This very practical book describes the techniques used for interfacing a PC to a range of medical equipment used internationally in the areas of anaesthesia, intensive care, surgery, respiratory medicine and physiology and will constitute a valuable resource for a wide audience of equipment users in these fields.

Here are design tips and examples, numerous subroutines for interfacing, and sample programs to explain interfacing functions. Updated for the IBM PC AT and IBM PS/2 computers, this second edition discusses the different BUS structures, including the new Micro Channel architecture. Includes detailed information on display adapters, diskettes, printers, hard disks, mouses, and more.

A practical guide to programming for data acquisition and measurement - must-have info in just the right amount of depth for engineers who are not programming specialists. This book offers a complete guide to the programming and interfacing techniques involved in data collection and the subsequent measurement and control systems using an IBM compatible PC. It is an essential guide for electronic engineers and technicians involved in measurement and instrumentation, DA&C programmers and students aiming to gain a working knowledge of the industrial applications of computer interfacing. A basic working knowledge of programming in a high-level language is assumed, but analytical mathematics is kept to a minimum. Sample listings are given in C and can be downloaded from the Newnes website. - Practical guidance on PC-based acquisition - Written for electronic engineers and software engineers in industry, not academics or computer scientists - A textbook with strong foundations in industry

This comprehensive and thoroughly updated text now in its second edition continues to provide the complete knowledge about the Intel's 8085 microprocessors, its programming and concept of interfacing of memory, input/output devices and programmable peripheral chips. Organized in four parts, Part I (Chapters 1-9) covers a review of the analog and digital signals as well as hardware and software related aspects of microprocessor 8085. Part II (Chapters 10 and 11) discusses memory and input-output concepts, analog to digital and digital to analog converters and various memory and IO address decoding techniques. Part III (Chapters 12-17) explains the programmable interfacing chips with extensive interfacing examples. Part IV (Chapters 18 and 19) presents a brief discussion on other 8-bit microprocessors along with 16 and 32-bit Intel Processors. Each topic has been supported with numerous examples that will help students apply the concepts to other microprocessors in the course at advanced level. This book is designed specifically for the undergraduate students of electronics and communication engineering, computer science and engineering, and information technology. New to this Edition: Chapters on "Architecture and Organization of Microprocessor" and "Instruction Set of 8085 Microprocessor" have been revised and modified substantially. Multiple choice questions have been added to all the chapters.

Designed for a one-semester course in Finite Element Method, this compact and well-organized text presents FEM as a tool to find approximate solutions to differential equations. This provides the student a better perspective on the technique and its wide range of applications. This approach reflects the current trend as the present-day applications range from structures to biomechanics to electromagnetics, unlike in conventional texts that view FEM primarily as an extension of matrix methods of structural analysis. After an introduction and a review of mathematical preliminaries, the book gives a detailed discussion on FEM as a technique for solving differential equations and variational formulation of FEM. This is followed by a lucid presentation of one-dimensional and two-dimensional finite elements and finite element formulation for dynamics. The book concludes with some case studies that focus on industrial problems and Appendices that include mini-project topics based on near-real-life problems. Postgraduate/Senior undergraduate students of civil, mechanical and aeronautical engineering will find this text extremely useful; it will also appeal to the practising engineers and the teaching community.