Interfacing with C++ : programming real-world applications

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This book is for people who are interested in learning and exploring electronic interfacing as well as C++ programming in a practicable and enjoyable way. Readers will learn to program a PC to do real-world things - not simply number crunching and graphics. They will also master how to write programs that interact with real-world devices. The book and accompanying software incorporate simple and easy-to-understand projects such as digital-to-analog conversion, analog to digital conversion, DC and Stepper motor control, temperature and voltage measurement, PC-based timing, or basic data acquisition. The audience of this innovative and rewarding approach to learn interfacing real-world devices to a computer via C++ are undergraduate and graduate students in engineering and science, practicing engineers/scientists, technical workers, and hobbyists. The types of courses the book complements include control engineering,electronics, computing, and mechatronics.

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Katupitiya (Univ. of New South Wales, Australia) and Bentley designed their book to teach basic C++ programming and basic electronic concepts to engineers/scientists. Book chapters are divided into 13 sections: "Program Development Software," "Parallel Port Basics and Interfacing," "Testing the Parallel Port," "The Object-oriented Approach," "Object-oriented Programming," "Digital-to-analog Conversion," "Driving LEDs," "Driving Motors--DC & Steppers," "Program Development Techniques," "Voltage and Temperature Measurement," "Analog-to-digital Conversion," "Data Acquisition with Operator Overloading," and "The PC Timer." Each chapter contains basic electronic tasks, followed by a bibliography and summary. Each basic electronic task is coupled with C++ programming concepts; e.g., the interfacing to a parallel port task is coupled with C++ I/O, data types, and functions. The C++ programming concepts covered include I/O, data types, flow control, object-orientation, arrays, and pointers. The book includes a circuit board and a detailed list of electronic components that can be used to build the circuits described in the book. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates; professionals. R. F. Dugan Jr. Stonehill College

1 Getting Started	p. 1
1.1 Introduction	p. 2
1.2 Program Development Software	p. 2
1.3 A C++ Program	p. 6
1.4 Use of Functions	p. 10
1.5 Fundamental Data Types	p. 15
1.6 Functions with Parameters and Return Values	p. 18
1.7 Summary	p. 21
1.8 Bibliography	p. 22
2 Parallel Port Basics and Interfacing	p. 23
2.1 Introduction	p. 24
2.2 What is the Parallel Port?	p. 24
2.3 Data Representation	p. 30
2.4 Program Demonstrating Hexadecimal to Decimal	p. 32
2.5 Summary	p. 33
2.6 Bibliography	p. 33
3 Testing the Parallel Port	p. 35
3.1 Introduction	p. 36
3.2 Interface Board Power Supply	p. 36
3.3 Parallel Port Interface	p. 39
3.4 Basic Output Using the Parallel Port	p. 43
3.5 Basic Input Using the Parallel Port	p. 46
3.6 Compensating for Internal Inversions	p. 50
3.7 Summary	p. 55
3.8 Bibliography	p. 56
4 The Object-Oriented Approach	p. 57
4.1 Introduction	p. 58
4.2 Conceptual and Physically Realisable Objects	p. 58
4.3 Real Objects	p. 59
4.4 Object Classes	p. 61
4.5 Encapsulation	p. 63
4.6 Abstract Classes	p. 64
4.7 Class Hierarchies	p. 64
4.8 Inheritance	p. 65
4.9 Multiple Inheritance	p. 66
4.10 Polymorphism	p. 66
4.11 An Example Object Hierarchy	p. 67
4.12 Advantages of Object-Oriented Programming	p. 72
4.13 Disadvantages of Object-Oriented Programming	p. 72
4.14 Summary	p. 73
4.15 Bibliography	p. 73
5 Object-Oriented Programming	p. 75
5.1 Introduction	p. 76
5.2 Naming Convention	p. 76
5.3 Developing an Object Class	p. 77
5.4 Parallel Port Class - Stage I	p. 82
5.5 Using Class Objects in Programs	p. 87
5.6 Parallel Port Class - Stage II	p. 94
5.7 Parallel Port Class - Stage III	p. 99
5.8 Summary	p. 103
5.9 Bibliography	p. 103
6 Digital-to-Analog Conversion	p. 105
6.1 Introduction	p. 106
6.2 Digital-to-Analog Conversion	p. 106
6.3 Programming the Digital-to-Analog Converter	p. 117
6.4 Derivation of Object Classes	p. 121
6.5 Adding Members to Derived Classes	p. 129
6.6 Summary	p. 145
6.7 Bibliography	p. 146
7 Driving Leds	p. 147
7.1 Introduction	p. 148
7.2 Iterative Loops	p. 148
7.3 Branching	p. 152
7.4 Arrays	p. 157
7.5 Pointers	p. 160
7.6 Using Pointers	p. 175
7.7 Macros	p. 184
7.8 Dynamic Memory Allocation	p. 185
7.9 Exception Handling	p. 189
7.10 Summary	p. 194
7.11 Bibliography	p. 195
8 Driving Motors - DC & Stepper	p. 197
8.1 Introduction	p. 198
8.2 DC Motors	p. 198
8.3 Stepper Motors	p. 202
8.4 A Class Hierarchy for Motors	p. 211
8.5 Virtual Functions - An Introduction	p. 212
8.6 Virtual Functions - Application	p. 233
8.7 Keyboard Controls	p. 256
8.8 Summary	p. 270
8.9 Bibliography	p. 271
9 Program Development Techniques	p. 273
9.1 Introduction	p. 274
9.2 Efficient Coding Techniques	p. 274
9.3 Modular Programs	p. 282
9.4 Case Study - Motor Driver Program	p. 289
9.5 Summary	p. 302
9.6 Bibliography	p. 302
10 Voltage and Temperature Measurement	p. 303
10.1 Introduction	p. 304
10.2 Converting a Voltage to a Digital Pulse-train	p. 304
10.3 Temperature Measurement	p. 305
10.4 The Object Class VCO	p. 306
10.5 Measuring Voltages Using the VCO	p. 311
10.6 Graphics Programming - Square Wave Display	p. 318
10.7 Temperature Measurement	p. 324
10.8 Summary	p. 328
10.9 Bibliography	p. 329
11 Analog-to-Digital Conversion	p. 331
11.1 Introduction	p. 332
11.2 Analog-to-Digital Conversion	p. 332
11.3 Conversion Techniques	p. 334
11.4 Measuring Voltages with an ADC	p. 341
11.5 An Object Clas sfor the ADC	p. 347
11.6 Measuring Voltage Using the ADC	p. 356
11.7 Measuring Temperature Using the ADC	p. 359
11.8 Summary	p. 362
11.9 Bibliography	p. 362
12 Data Acquisition with Operator Overloading	p. 363
12.1 Introduction	p. 364
12.2 Operator Overloading	p. 364
12.3 Data Acquisition	p. 393
12.4 Summary	p. 397
12.5 Bibliography	p. 397
13 The PC Timer	p. 399
13.1 Introduction	p. 400
13.2 PC Timer System	p. 400
13.3 Programming the Timer	p. 408
13.4 The Object Class PCTimer	p. 409
13.5 Measurement of Time	p. 415
13.6 Reflex Measurement	p. 417
13.7 Generating a Time-Base	p. 419
13.8 Data Acquisition with Timestamp	p. 423
13.9 Summary	p. 430
13.10 Bibliography	p. 430
Appendix A Hardware	p. 431
Circuit Construction	p. 432
Interface Board Bill of Materials	p. 476
Appendix B Software	p. 479
C++ Keywords	p. 480
Operator Precedence	p. 481
ASCII Character Set	p. 482
Index	p. 483

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