- Paperback: 268 pages
- Publisher: Newnes; Pap/Dskt edition (30 May 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1878707159
- ISBN-13: 978-1878707154
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,654,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"An important addition to the technical library of any engineer, technician, student, or electronics hobbyist who works with PCs."
--TIES Magazine
"According to his publisher, Paul Bergsman has taught technology and mathematics in the Philadelphia public schools for 21 years. The clarity and thoroughness displayed in this book suggest to me that he's a pretty good teacher. I'm giving his book an A+."
--Electronics Handbook
--TIES Magazine
"According to his publisher, Paul Bergsman has taught technology and mathematics in the Philadelphia public schools for 21 years. The clarity and thoroughness displayed in this book suggest to me that he's a pretty good teacher. I'm giving his book an A+."
--Electronics Handbook
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Connect your MS-DOS/Windows PC to the real world with this bestselling book! Control stepper motors, turn appliances on and off, monitor fluid levels, control a home security system, convert thermometer readings to digital values, detect magnetic fields, and do other useful stuff with the circuits and software found in this book. All circuits connect directly to the parallel printer port of your PC-you don't have to modify your PC in any way. Each circuit is complete with a schematic, description of circuit theory and operation, a parts list, construction and usage tips, and full source code in C, Basic, and Pascal for the controlling software. You can use each circuit "as is" or modify it for your particular needs. Do as thousands and thousands of others around the world have done-add this book to your electronics reference library! Over 200 large-format pages plus HD floppy disk.
-controlling stepper and servo motors
-generating audio tones and speech
-converting input voltages to binary values
-controlling stepper and servo motors
-generating audio tones and speech
-converting input voltages to binary values
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By design, TTL logic can sink up to 15 mA. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A valuable resource with real world examples of interfacing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Controlling The World with Your PC (Paperback)
Controlling the World With Your Pc covers a vast array of interface topics, from stepper motors to alarm systems to Analog interface. The text is clear and straitforward with useful discussion of the circut and the accompanying program. The programs are well documented so only a rudimentary knowledge is necessary to get through the examples, and some programming tecniques can be learned just form the examples. The book gives enough information to facilitate further developement of custom interfaces based on those in the book, or those that are completely origional.
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By A Customer
This review is from: Controlling The World with Your PC (Paperback)
This book is bad. It is poorly written and the programs did not work on my computer. Even the first project--intended as a simple confidence-builder--required that the code be completely rewritten. Deciphering the author's programming was maddening. Also, some of the projects are dumb: is anyone *really* going to build a burglar detector from this book?
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3.6 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews) 20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good book for the right match,
By R. Bolton "Read A Lot" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Controlling The World with Your PC (Paperback)
This book goes straight in to code, no connections or words about interface. Although he has lots of projects and lots of code, including a disk, unless you know how to use cable connections from board to PC or PC to whatever you are trying to control (he has a motor project) then you will be wasting your time with it. If you are adventurous or know how to connect, then the book is generally pretty good. Has 40 projects which vary quite a bit and the circuit schematics for some projects also. But definitely not for a beginner.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good book.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Controlling The World with Your PC (Paperback)
If you do want to controll devices with your computer, this book is what you need. Because of this book I learned a new computer language (Pascal). I have built the circuit on page 238, and it works great, and now I can see how my programs work. I highly recommend it.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A valuable resource with real world examples of interfacing,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Controlling The World with Your PC (Paperback)
Controlling the World With Your Pc covers a vast array of interface topics, from stepper motors to alarm systems to Analog interface. The text is clear and straitforward with useful discussion of the circut and the accompanying program. The programs are well documented so only a rudimentary knowledge is necessary to get through the examples, and some programming tecniques can be learned just form the examples. The book gives enough information to facilitate further developement of custom interfaces based on those in the book, or those that are completely origional
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