An exciting, yet highly practical energy monitoring system for performing
computer assisted physical measurements. Offers versatile system for measuring
practically any form of energy consumption in the home. Presents sufficient
details about design and constructions to build and operate a residential
energy monitoring system. Details computer system hardware, including buffered
microcomputer interface, interrupt driven time-of-day clock, and thermometer
port for measuring eight separate temperatures. Lists five BASIC programs,
each thoroughly discusses: Machine language monitor loader, thermometer
calibration, nine option time and temperature data management, residential
heat loss calculator, statistical analysis for evaluating home energy
performances. Makes system construction easy with "cookbook"
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