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A data acquisition, display and plotting program for the IBM PC.

K Robinson·W Giles
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A program, AQ, has been developed to perform analog-to-digital (A/D) conversions on IBM PC products using the Data Translation DT2801-A or DT2801 boards. This program provides support for all of the triggered and continuous A/D modes of these boards. Additional subroutines for management of data files and display of acquired data have also been developed. These programs have been written so that a minimum number of keystrokes are required for their operation. Parameter files are used to simplify reconfiguration of this program for various data acquisition tasks.

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K Robinson, W Giles. 1986. A data acquisition, display and plotting program for the IBM PC.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-2607(86)90067-2

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