A Course in Laboratory Computer Interfacing for Scientists

现有的科学计算机接口课程 将更新以利用现代硬件和软件， 将扩大到包括学生从几个科学 学科 本课程将涵盖以下基本原则： 计算机接口和数据采集， 传感器和信号处理，最终在一个项目 由每个学生设计和建造。 设计了五个最先进的接口工作站 以及一个逻辑分析仪， 硬件调试将获得，以及两个 软件/硬件包，将用作 商业数据采集系统 这些工作站将是该项目的基础- 导向课程。 学生们每周都会用它们来表演 基本计算机接口实验，设计和 ADC和DAC转换器的构造，信号处理 技术，光学和机械传感器和电机，高- 快速数据采集和核计数技术。

An existing course in scientific computer interfacing will be updated to utilize modern hardware and software, and will be expanded to include students from several scientific disciplines. The course will cover the basic principles of computer interfacing and data acquisition, the physics of transducers, and signal processing, culminating in a project designed and constructed by each student. Five state-of-the art interfacing workstations designed around the VME bus, and a logic analyzer to facilitate hardware debugging will be acquired, as well as two software/hardware packages which will be used as examples of a commercial data acquisition system. These workstations will be the foundation of the project- oriented course. Students will use them every week to perform experiments in basic computer interfacing, the design and construction of ADC and DAC converters, signal processing techniques, optical and mechanical sensors and motors, high- speed data acquisition and nuclear counting techniques.