FREE DATA-ACQUISITION HANDBOOK TACKLES HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEST

A 220+-page data-acquisition handbook offers a practical guide to high-performance test and measurement. The handbook, Understanding New Developments in Data Acquisition, Measurement, and Control, is published by

Keithley Instruments Inc. Its nine sections cover the issues influencing the selection of data acquisition and control equipment. Topics include: an overview of data acquisition and measurement, including plug-in boards and external systems; computer buses, protocols, and hardware; selection of data-acquisition software; basic component theory and the types of electronic components to optimize test procedues; analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion, interfacing, isolation, and ground loops; temperature and strain measurements; and real-world applications.

Three appendixes include: selection guides for plug-in boards, USB modules, PXI systems, and external data-acquisition instruments; a glossary of commonly used terms; and a discussion of safety considerations. The guide is available for free at www.ggcomm.com/ Keithley/ MAR07DAQ_NR.html.

K. Simone, an experienced embedded designer, attempts to provide solutions to typical embedded software debugging problems from a fresh new perspective. The title of her book says it all: If I Only Changed the Software, Why Is the Phone on Fire?: Embedded Debugging Methods Revealed.

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Embedded systems are everywhere these days. However, many designers still could use help learning how to debug them quickly and efficiently. Lisa

The author introduces a team of fictional engineers who readers will recognize from their own workplaces. She then confronts them with real-world debugging scenarios of progressive complexity, drawing readers into the “mysteries” with their new colleagues, and guiding them step-by-step toward successful solutions. The chapter titles reflect this theme. Among them:

• The Case of the Irate Customer: Debugging Other People’s Code, Fast

• It Compiles With No Errors; It Must Work! IntegratingChanges in a Larger System

• The Case of Thermal Runaway: Rare Transient Bugs Are Still Bugs

• When It’s Not Hardware, It’s Software. And Vice Versa. Blurring the Interface.

The book, a 304-page paperback, is published by Newnes, a division of Elsevier. The U.S. price is $39.95. For more information, please visit the company’s web site at: www.books.elsevier.com/newnes.

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