The small laboratory that engages in a variety of human factors experiments must rely on equipment that can be easily assembled into widely different configurations. This article discusses analog computing units, digital logic modules, and interface and auxiliary equipment as these may be used in the small human factors or behavioral sciences laboratory. A novel use of a desk-top general-purpose digital computer, modified to allow it to serve as “nerve center” for conducting experiments and processing data, is then described.
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