1. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.1 2. COMPUTER HARDWARE 1.3 3. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF COMPUTER HARDWARE 1.4 3.1 BASIC COMPONENTS 1.4 3.2 AN EXAMPLE OF A COMPUTER IN MANUFACTURING 1.6 3.3 COMMERCIAL COMPUTERS 1.6 3.4 ARCHITECTURE AND BUSES 1.8 3.5 SOFTWARE 1.10 4. COMPUTER INTERFACING 1.12 4.1 DIGITAL SIGNALS 1.12 4.2 ANALOG SIGNALS 1.14 4.3 TIMING 1.21 4.4 DISPLAYS 1.23 5. COMPUTER INTERFACE BOARDS 1.23 5.1 OVERVIEW 1.23 5.2 REGISTER LEVEL PROGRAMMING 1.23 5.3 EXAMPLES 1.23 6. COMPUTER CONTROL OF PROCESSES 1.23 6.1 TEMPERTURE CONTROL 1.26 6.2 BATCH PROCESSING 1.26 6.3 COMPUTER PROCESS MONITORING 1.28 6.4 IMPLEMENTING A COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEM 1.29 6.5 PRACTICE PROBLEMS 1.29 7. COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS 1.30 7.1 COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS CATEGORIES 1.30 7.2 THE HISTORY 1.31 7.3 SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS 1.31 7.4 RS-422 1.34 7.5 RS-485 1.34 7.6 GPIB/IEEE-488 1.35 7.7 PARALLEL COMMUNICATIONS 1.35 8. INTERFACING COMPUTERS FOR DATA TRANSFER 1.36 8.1 SERIAL DATA TRANSFER 1.36 8.2 PARALLEL DATA TRANSFER 1.37 9. COMPUTER NETWORKING 1.39 9.1 OSI NETWORK MODEL 1.43 9.2 OPEN SYSTEMS 1.48 9.3 NETWORKING HARDWARE 1.49 10. MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION PROTOCOL (MAP) 1.52 10.1 OVERVIEW 1.52 10.2 DETAILS 1.52 10.3 DETAILS FOR TOP 1.56 10.4 MAP & TOP 1.56 10.5 MAP AND OTHER STANDARDS 1.58 10.6 AN EXAMPLE OF A MAP IMPLEMENTATION 1.59 10.7 ETHERNET 1.62 10.8 DATA HIGHWAY+ 1.62 10.9 REMOTE PLC I/O 1.62 10.10 DEVICENET 1.62 10.11 OTHER STUFF 1.62 10.12 Network Facts 1.62 11. DATABASE TECHNOLOGY 1.64 11.1 DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS 1.64
