A Scheme for Serial Communications Among Small Computers
Robert J. Bruce Warmack, T. R. Mueller · Instrumentation Science & Technology · 1981
An approach to experimental control and data logging for multiple analytical stations is considered. A very economical, yet reliable, scheme uses a host computer to serve a number of less powerful satellite systems which control individual experiments and can be operated temporarily independently of the host. An example of communications between systems is detailed in which machine language subroutines called by high level languages provide reliable data transfer and control flexibility for special needs.