This book gives both the novice and the experienced user a solid grasp of the principles and practical
implementation of interfacing the PC and stand-alone instruments with real world signals. The main objective of
this book is to give you a thorough understanding of PC-based data acquisition systems and to enable you to
design, specify, install, configure, and program data acquisition systems quickly and effectively.
After reading this book, we believe you will be able to:
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the fundamentals of data acquisition (with a focus
on PC-based work)
• Competently install and configure a simple data acquisition system
• Choose and configure the correct software
• Avoid the common pitfalls in designing a data acquisition system