Detecting the World

Capturing Physical Measurements with C++

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Publication Information

Publication Date December 1998
Price: $44.95 trade paper with disk  
Category: C Programming
R&D Books  
368 pp, 7 x 9
Product code: rd2539  
ISBN 0-87930-559-2

Spin-Offs

I need to port this to Linux! The DOS code still works. The Windows code works on 9X Windows variants: (95, 98, Millenium). The parallel port software isn't compatible with WinNT variants: (NT, 2000, XP). Also, I want to do control.

• stepper motors
• servo motors
• solonoids
• etc. ...

A follow-on book might be titled: 'Controlling the World'! I will do an online version first. ALL feedback on the book has been positive from the people who have emailed me. Please write and give me your ideas.

Errata

The errata table below shows all of the errors that have been discovered by me or that have been brought to my attention.
If you find errors in the book, please mail me at davidmc@w3sys.com.
Please include the key pieces of information like those shown in the errata table.

Page	Paragraph	Bad Text	Fixed Text	Submitted By
39	2	P=V2*R	P=V2/R	Author
250	5	Instrumentation amplifiers... high input impedance, high,low output impedance, ...	Instrumentation amplifiers... high input impedance, low output impedance, ...	Author

I would also appreciate comments and feedback about the general content. Please let me know of any problems that you may have had getting things to work.

Addenda

I will support the software code base from this web sight. I am considering formalizing the physical layout of the digital and analog bus. I may have 1/1 scale circuit board trace images for readers to use to photo-etch boards instead of hand soldering traces.

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The book source may be downloaded here.