Designing Microprocessor Based Instrumentation

Instrumentation. Introduction to microcomputers. Examination of two popular uP chips. Binary arithmetic and digital codes. Interfacing techniques. Microprocessor support chips. Solving problems with the microprocessor. Address decoders. Interfacing memory. Interfacing I/O ports. Signals and noise. Operational amplifiers. Transducers. Sample & Hold circuits. Analog reference circuits. Interfacing keyboards, switches, and displays. Basics of data conversion - D/A. Basics of data conversion - A/D. Data acquisition systems. Data converter interfacing. Software data conversion. Z80 instructions sorted by Op-code. Z80 instructions sorted by mnemonic. Z80/8080 instruction equivalence.