Minicomputers in Industrial Control: An IntroductionThomas J. Harrison Monograph comprising an introduction to the computerization of industrial processing - comprises contributions on the background of automatic control theory, computer programmeing, technical aspects of computer hardware (incl. Microcomputers and peripheral electronic equipment), and discusses economic evaluation aspects, and industrial project planning and management. Bibliographys after each chapter, diagrams and flow charts. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL CONTROL | 3 |
INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 43 |
A FINAL THOUGHT | 49 |
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accumulator addition algorithm allocation analog analog-input subsystem application bits calculation capability channel character printer circuits communication computer control computer networks configuration cost decoding digital computer disk documentation electronic engineering equipment error example execution factors flipflop FORTRAN hardware I/O devices implementation increases industrial computer systems industrial control input signal input/output installation instruction set integrated interface interrupt logic loop machine main storage maintenance measured methods microcoded microcomputer microprocessor minicomputers modules multiplexer octal OP code operating system output parameters particular performance physical PID control possible printer priority problem procedure process computer process control process unit process variable processor production programming system project manager pulse reliability response result routine schedule semiconductor sensors sequence setpoint shown in Fig single specific storage location stored structure subroutine switch task techniques transfer transistor typically valve vendor voltage