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Off-the-Shelf Portable Data Acquisition: Interfacing a Serial-Port-Equipped Multimeter

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R. Viswanathan , G. Lisensky and D. A. Dobson

Beloit College, Beloit, WI 53511

J. Chem. Educ., 1996, 73 (2), p A41

DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA41

Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

Inexpensive (<$150) battery-operated digital multimeters with built-in serial ports are now available from a number of suppliers and can, in principle, be interfaced to any microcomputer or personal digital assistant (PDA) that has a serial port.

Keywords (Audience):

Upper-Division Undergraduate

Keywords (Feature):

Computer Bulletin Board

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Computer-Based Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Laboratory Computing / Interfacing

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