This course introduces students to the practical aspects of using PC for real-time data acquisition and digital control. It develops the skills in programming the PC interfaces such as serial, USB, and Ethernet for Data Acquisition and Control (DA&C) for applications such as servo control, and provides the fundamentals of I/O techniques and PID (Proportional + Integral + Derivative) control. A lab environment which consists of servos, servo digital boards, units of interfacing ports, digital oscilloscopes, and PCs is set up for hands-on lab assignments and project. This course is taught at Seneca.
