Abstract
Much of the design of modern instrumentation is concerned not with the acquisition of plant data, but with the development of an interface which provides the user with maximum flexibility in its selection, post-processing, and presentation. The use of a professional software tool, such as Windows/Presentation Manager, in the production of microcomputer-based software offers a range of important assets: a standard ergonomic user interface, interprocess communications, and hardware-independent graphics and hard-copy facilities. The paper reviews these features in the speedy development of sophisticated instrumentation, illustrated with two distinct and contrasting design case studies: an instrument for the shipboard pre-dive functional surface testing of a complex subsea pipeline welding control system; and a package providing postprocessing support to an IEEE-488 linked spectrum analyzer.
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