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，并将扩大到包括来自几个科学学科的学生。本课程将涵盖计算机接口和数据采集的基本原理，换能器的物理原理和信号处理，最后将由每个学生设计和构建一个项目。将获得围绕VME总线设计的五个最先进的接口工作站和一个逻辑分析仪，以方便硬件调试，以及两个软件/硬件包，将用作商业数据采集系统的示例。这些工作站将是项目导向课程的基础。学生每周将使用它们进行基本计算机接口，ADC和DAC转换器的设计和构造，信号处理技术，光学和机械传感器和电机，高速数据采集和核计数技术的实验。

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.