Object-Oriented Test & Measurement Software Development in C++ - Softcover

Atchison, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132279509 ISBN 13: 9780132279505

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1996

Synopsis

A book/CD-ROM introduction to C++ concepts in a framework designed to suit the concerns of the test and measurement community. After a general overview of classical test systems, Parts II and III describe fundamentals of object-oriented programming and how they are applied to test and measurement systems. Includes a complete working example of a test system, plus chapter exercises and answers. The CD-ROM contains examples of C++ code. For test and measurement engineers with a basic understanding of object-oriented programming. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

About the Author

LEE ATCHISON is a scientist/engineer in Hewlett-Packard's Measurement Systems Division.

From the Back Cover

As long as there have been machines, engineers have been testing them.

Today's object-oriented programming languages off unique advantages for devising and executing test routines for all types of instrumentation. This book introduces C++ concepts in a framework designed especially to suit the concerns of the test and measurement community.

C++ allows software engineers to take advantage of these special object-oriented features:

* Information hiding, which permits the creation of general-purpose routines that can be easily customized to specific instruments
* Polymorphism, which allows the substitution of individual elements of the program without restructuring, and
* Variable data types, which can contain all the information needed to perform a specific test.

The book begins with a general overview of classical test systems: what they are, how they work, and how they are programmed. Parts 2 and 3 are at the heart of the book, describing the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and how they are applied to testing and measurement systems. Detailed descriptions are given for I/O control classes, instrument classes, and measurement and test classes. A complete working example of a C++ test system is provided. Advanced topics are offered for readers who want more detailed information on specific applications, and an appendix gives a proposal for creating a standard interface to instrument drivers in C++.

Each chapter concludes with practical exercises, some have answers provided at the end of the book. The book and the enclosed Windows-compatible CD-ROM offer copious examples of real C++ code to illustrate the concepts.

This book is intended for test and measurement engineers who are learning to develop object-oriented test applications. It presumes a familiarity with traditional test and measurement instrumentation and experience in some programming language, such as C. It is helpful to understand the basic concepts of object-oriented programming, though actual OO programming experience is not required.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132279509
• ISBN 13: 9780132279505
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200