1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 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
- 4.1 DIGITAL SIGNALS 1.12
- 4.2 ANALOG SIGNALS 1.14
- 4.3 TIMING 1.21
- 4.4 DISPLAYS 1.23
- 5.1 OVERVIEW 1.23
- 5.2 REGISTER LEVEL PROGRAMMING 1.23
- 5.3 EXAMPLES 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
- 7.1 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
- 8.1 SERIAL DATA TRANSFER 1.36
- 8.2 PARALLEL DATA TRANSFER 1.37
- 9.1 OSI NETWORK MODEL 1.43
- 9.2 OPEN SYSTEMS 1.48
- 9.3 NETWORKING HARDWARE 1.49
- 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
- 11.1 DISTRIBUTED DATABASE SYSTEMS 1.64