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R. J. SmytheArduino in Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6778-3_2

2. Power Control, Monitoring, and Creation of Dedicated Graphical User Interfaces

Richard J. Smythe1  
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Wainfleet, ON, Canada
 

The “SC” in the SCADA acronym stands for supervisory control, while the “DA” is for data acquisition. The purpose of the development of complete software packages such as DAQFactory has been to monitor a real-world electro-mechanical process and supervise or control its operation. This chapter and its exercises expand upon the single button control by creating multiple LED buttons and then monitoring the power consumed by activation of these individual LEDs. ...

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