Patrick Goell's book “How to turn a personal computer into a measuring complex” allows you to create a system for collecting and processing information about various physical processes based on an IBM PC-compatible personal computer. This turns the PC into a powerful measuring device. The scope of application of a virtual measuring complex is wider than that of a conventional measuring device, since the virtual complex can be reprogrammed and optimized for specific tasks. The book describes the creation of a data collection and processing system consisting of sensors of physical quantities (current, pressure, temperature, etc. .), an interface device (usually an analog-to-digital converter) and software that allows you to process and interpret the collected information. The diagrams and recommendations given in the book allow you to assemble all the devices discussed on your own. The software and device drivers located on the www.dmk.ru server allow you to immediately move on to developing an information system, even if you do not have practical skills in the field of radio electronics. Modern technical and software solutions offered by the author of the book are reliable and tested in practice. They will undoubtedly be useful to anyone who develops cheap and economical systems for collecting and processing information. The book is intended for specialists in various fields (radio electronics, acoustics, geophysics, thermodynamics, etc.) and radio amateurs, as well as for teachers of physics and computer science schools and higher educational institutions.