Windows XP Issues for Real-Time Temperature Monitoring

Windows operating systems (NT, 2000, XP, 2003) were not designed for real-time and time-critical applications. But, due to the market requirements, many of the monitoring and control applications are to use Windows NT based operating systems. One of the most important parameter in almost all applications is temperature. Therefore, this article addresses the problem of temperature monitoring using a non real-time operating system, like Windows. A number of three solutions for thermal sensors connecting to PC's interfaces are presented.