All items tagged with Measurement and serial (7)

| 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...

| 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...