| In previous articles in this series we have described an A/D converter based on a counter. A ‘real’ A/D converter, however, converts a volta...
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| In the previous instalment we measured capacitances and resistances. You may have wondered if this was all worth the effort, when accurate a...
| So far in this series we have used the PC only with digital signals: switching, monitoring and counting. Now we turn to the analogue domain:...
| An interface between the PC and the external world does not have to be complicated. This general-purpose Windows interface needs only thre...
| Digital voltmeters are popular tools for anyone wishing to measure electrical voltages. The circuit described here is, we feel, unique bec...
| As you may know, the combination of a PC and a Metex or Voltcraft DMM sporting a serial interface may be used as a recording oscillosc...
| We have reason to believe that this is a unique and novel circuit. It measures ambient light intensity by means of the serial port on your...