Explore the comprehensive Digital Data Acquisition and Networks Handbook tailored for Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This essential guide delves into cutting-edge methodologies, tools, and principles crucial for efficient data acquisition and network design. Elevate your expertise in the rapidly evolving landscape of digital technology with this indispensable resource.
The advent of digital electronic circuitry has brought a steady stream of technological progress to industrial instrumentation. From early applications of digital computing in the 1960’s to the first distributed control systems (DCS) in the 1970’s to the “smart” transmitter revolution of the 1980’s, digital technology has expanded on the capabilities and information-sharing ability of measuring and control instruments. It is the purpose of this chapter to give a general overview of digital technology as it applies to data acquisition (measuring and recording process data) and digital communication, highlighting some of the more common standards used in industry.
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