Computer Control of Instrumentation

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The basics of computer based automation and control for instrumentation are covered in this course. The goals of this course are to understand how to estimate uncertainties associated with the measurement of physical quantities, to learn the fundamentals of LabVIEW, which is a graphical user interface (GUI) based program for controlling processes and analytical tools, and to gain an understanding of the basic concepts of digital-to-analog and analog-to-digital conversion. Prerequisite(s): N SCI/N ENG/I NSC/I NEN 116, N SCI/N ENG/I NSC/I NEN 128, and A MAT 113 or A MAT 119 or T MAT 119.