PC-based electronic instruments laboratory

• Main Authors: Balde, Albert E., Ting, Kendall Rey I., Villamin, Philip P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Electronic digital computers > Programming; Electronic instruments, Digital; Electronics laboratories; Electronic data processing; Interface circuits; Electrical and Electronics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/7203
• Institution: De La Salle University

The PC-Based Electronic Instruments Laboratory or simply EIL is a modular set composed of laboratory equipment that are interfaced to a computer. The laboratory devices that composes the unit are power supplies, a signal generator, voltmeters, an ammeter and an ohm meter. These devices are interfaced to a computer to increase accuracy, reliability and safety while reducing time spent in controlling them (i.e., calibration and data acquisition).The modular unit's DC Power Supply can supply around 0 to 30 Volts at around 1 Ampere. The Signal Generator, on the other hand, can produce sine, square and saw-tooth waveforms of up to 200Khz at around 8 Vp-p. The ammeter, voltmeter and ohmmeter's ranges are controlled through the computer. This project aims to aid the laboratory experimentation process by utilizing the computing power of a PC. Data acquisition of the measured signals and computer control of the different electronic instruments is the main feature of the project.