CHAPTER 2

Synthetic Measurement System Hardware Architectures

The heart of the hardware system concept for synthetic instrumentation is a cascade of three subsystems: digital control and timing, analog-digital conversion (codec), and analog signal conditioning. The underlying assumption in the synthetic instrument concept is that this architecture concept is a good choice for the architecture of next-generation instrumentation. In this chapter, I will explore the practical and theoretical implications of this concept. Other architectural options and concepts that relate to the fundamental concept will also be considered.

System Concept—The CCC Architecture

The cascade of three subsystems, control, codec, and conditioning, is shown in Figure ...

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