Bruce Chubb helps readers to build a truly universal computer interface that can be used for virtually any application. The disk includes all of the computer code needed to implement the hardware.
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How to construct and connect an interface that lets your computer control any external hardware. Ever consider using your personal computer to control the electrical appliances and systems in your home or office? It's a complex topic, but the task itself is very easy to accomplish-thanks in large part to Dr. Bruce Chubb's groundbreaking work, the first to make a device called the universal computer interface system (UCIS) accessible to everyone, from neophytes to professionals. Now he has updated that classic guide, providing complete, step-by-step instructions for assembling a UCIS and connecting it to virtually any of today's most popular computers. The Second Edition features: Serial and parallel interface connections for IBM Pcs and compatibles, XT, XT-286, AT, 386, 486, and Pentiums, plus the complete line of Apple/Macintosh machines; A ready-to-use disk containing all of the computer code necessary for hardware implementation; Information on general purpose input-output, analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog cards for connecting to all types of external hardware including switches, LEDs, lamps, relays, and motors; New description of interfacing stepper motors, a very important development for emerging robotics applications. Here is the boundless technology of computer interfacing, presented in a unique style that is both detailed and amazingly simple to follow. Whether you are a beginning hobbyist or an electronics engineer, Bruce chubb once again provides everything you need to know about hardware, software, interface theory, and building-block assembly of a UCIS that can be used to control practically any electrical device you can imagine.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book but...,
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This review is from: Build Your Own Universal Computer Interface (Paperback)
Its a great book, everything in it is described in detail, and is very easy to follow, there is no way of making the interface wrong. I already have the first edition and the second one is even better. There is one very important info the author forgot to mention in this second edition, and I think that the people that will buy this book should know. The place to buy assembled and tested board mention in the book, called "Automation in Action" is a Rip off. They will just take your money and you will not receive a single component, they took 939.00 $ from me, without even answering emails or phone calls. Please make sure that you buy the parts from other sources, I will hate to see more people losing their money this way.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Electrical explainations, pricey to build,
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This review is from: Build Your Own Universal Computer Interface (Paperback)
From an electrical explaination viewpoint this is a spectacular book. It does a great job of the why it does what it does, and how it does it. It expalins how the data-bus is 'extended outside' the CPU onto his interface, and how the decoding and latching works. My major complaint is the cost that it takes to build it. PC Board scematics are provided at reduced size, they provide addresses for bare boards, and built boards. I can't etch boards, so buying bare ones is needed for me. As the author points out, after parts are added, you are looking at 300.00- 400.00 (U.S. Dollars) to build yourself, almost double that if you want to buy built/tested boards. The basic bare boards run about 100.00 for the 3 boards that build the minimum 'system' (which provides 16 outputs) I believe another 36.00 for an input board (16 ports). then start multiplying the input/outport boards(32?/36? each) for multiples of input and/or output as your 'design' needs. (upto 1536 each is supported). I'm a basic hobbiest, I can build on a bread-board etc. I'm not looking to run a business operation (which this thing CAN do). I was looking to 'play around' with an extra 286/386 I have around. But at these prices, I don't think I'll actually build his design (but I will use some of his circuit ideas in my own bread-boards).
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good technical info, but too costly,
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This review is from: Build Your Own Universal Computer Interface (Paperback)
The technical info provided was good, but no code was provide for the MC68701, so your forced to buy the chip pre-programmed for $65.00, just for the chip. Then of course you can buy prebuilt boards at $200, $100, $85, $50 WOW!, > $400 bucks I can buy data acq boards for less than this!!Without the code for the MC68701 your stuck!
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