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RSS FeedsData Acquisition > Software > WinDaq Imagine the vibrations you’d encounter as you were launched into space by a rocket. Now imagine how these vibrations can affect on-board control circuits. Since the failure of even one such component during launch can be both costly and tragic, engineers strive to simulate as much of the mission Read More
Category Archives: Data Acquisition
Secrets For Successful High Speed Data Acquisition
Data Acquisition > Software > WinDaq (Originally Published In Measurement & Control Magazine April, 1999) Spreadsheets, word processing, data bases, web browsers, servers, email, flight simulators, Doom™ — of all the jobs we make our personal computers do, none tasks them more than high speed, real time data acquisition. No application will more quickly reveal Read More
Casting off with WinDaq Software and the DI-730
Data Acquisition > Voltage > DI-730 Sport fishermen would recognize the product immediately. Though this one was rigged to a metal tub filled with water, most fishermen are used to seeing the product attached to the bow of a bass boat where it allows the skipper to easily and quietly maneuver the boat for a Read More
Data Acquisition Using LabVIEW and DATAQ Instruments’ ActiveX Controls
Data Acquisition > Software Active X LabVIEW is a popular programming environment for many data acquisition applications. DATAQ Instruments hardware products may be programmed under LabVIEW by applying our ActiveX software tools. This application note describes a step-by-step procedure you can use to access any DATAQ Instruments ActiveX control from LabVIEW. This procedure uses the Read More
DI-730 Data Acquisition System Aids Moon Roof Design and Qualification
Data Acquisition > Voltage > DI-730 It was a good, long run, but the strip chart recorder our customer had used for years was finally being replaced with a state-of-the-art PC-based data acquisition system. The recorder had become unreliable, and the paper records were tedious to analyze, and difficult to archive. The only problem was Read More
The Fact, Folly and Mathematics of Analog to Digital Converter Resolution
Data Acquisition > Software > WinDaq Everyone agrees that higher resolution analog to digital converters (ADCs) are better, right? So why do so many end-users shell out bucks for one and then fail to exploit that advantage? What I mean is that we are too often shocked when we receive data files from customers with Read More
Variable Speed Drive Measurements using the DI-730 Data Acquisition System
Data Acquisition > Voltage > DI-730 Motors using variable speed drives are found at virtually all levels of production, from mining raw materials and processing them into finished goods, to transporting those to market. Examples include open pit mining machines, steel and steel rolling mills, aluminum rolling mills, paper mills, heavy duty cranes, heavy duty Read More
Frequency and True RMS Data Acquisition
Data Acquisition > Mixed Measurements Are you looking for a quick and easy way to calculate, display, and record frequency and/or True RMS data? Are you interested in saving money? DATAQ Instruments, Inc. has a solution for you. Beginning with the July, 2003 (version 2.85) release of WinDaq data acquisition software, it is possible to calculate, display, Read More
Synchronized and Distributed Data Acquisition Using DI-1000 Instruments in Hot Strip Steel Mills
Data Acquisition > Thermocouple > DI-1000TC Background The need for data acquisition in a distributed and synchronized manner is required in a variety of applications. Consider a hot strip mill that creates a long steel coil starting from a slab of steel. The process consists of: A pre-heat procedure that heats the initially cold slab Read More
How To Determine 4-20 mA Loop Load
Data Acquisition > Current Additional Reading: 4-20 mA Shunt Resistor and Current Loop Data Acquisition Products Process current (4-20 mA) measurements are popular with DATAQ Instruments’ customers, and that often leads to some interesting application questions. One of the better ones relates to how many process current instruments can be connected to a single current Read More