Dataloggers
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Tools for acquiring data
Data logging or acquisition is gathering information in order to learn more about a process or system. It provides increased knowledge of processes are working and can be useful for fault-finding or quality assurance. Many loggers archive information such as temperature using external or internal trasnducers and digitizing and storing the electrical signals values against time. The data is stored in non-volatile memory and can be retrieved, analyzed and displayed on a PC
Stand-alone loggers are usually battery-powered, but PC-connected loggers are useful too where power is available.
A black box recorder in an airplane, which gathers information on the plane's flight, is an excellent example of a standalone logger. Weather balloons have onboard loggers used by meteorologists to detect temperature and pressure in order to predict upcoming weather conditions.
Data logging provides information for establishing performance, quality, efficiency, cost cutting opportunities, fuel consumption and many other factors.
Our Datalogger Shop has products for almost any monitoring application - current, voltage, GPS position, power, ambient conditions, CANbus, etc. - some of which are even web- or wireless-based, from top-class suppliers such as Gemini, Lascar, T&D, CP-Log, Pico Technology, etc. Take a look at the unique 24-bit automotive loggers from Klaric, which autorange from microamps to amps with great precision, and are in use by Europe's top car manufacturers. www.saelig.com
Stand-alone loggers are usually battery-powered, but PC-connected loggers are useful too where power is available.
A black box recorder in an airplane, which gathers information on the plane's flight, is an excellent example of a standalone logger. Weather balloons have onboard loggers used by meteorologists to detect temperature and pressure in order to predict upcoming weather conditions.
Data logging provides information for establishing performance, quality, efficiency, cost cutting opportunities, fuel consumption and many other factors.
Our Datalogger Shop has products for almost any monitoring application - current, voltage, GPS position, power, ambient conditions, CANbus, etc. - some of which are even web- or wireless-based, from top-class suppliers such as Gemini, Lascar, T&D, CP-Log, Pico Technology, etc. Take a look at the unique 24-bit automotive loggers from Klaric, which autorange from microamps to amps with great precision, and are in use by Europe's top car manufacturers. www.saelig.com
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Data loggers
A data logger (also datalogger or data recorder) is an electronic device that records data over time or in relation to location either with a built in instrument or sensor or via external instruments and sensors. Increasingly, but not entirely, they are based on a digital processor (or computer). They generally are small, battery powered, portable, and equipped with a microprocessor, internal memory for data storage, and sensors. Some data loggers interface with a personal computer and utilize software to activate the data logger and view and analyze the collected data, while others have a local interface device (keypad, LCD) and can be used as a stand-alone device.
Data loggers vary between general purpose types for a range of measurement applications to very specific devices for measuring in one environment or application type only. It is common for general purpose types to be programmable however many remain as static machines with only a limited number or no changeable parameters. Electronic dataloggers have replaced chart recorders in many applications.
One of the primary benefits of using data loggers is the ability to automatically collect data on a 24-hour basis. Upon activation, data loggers are typically deployed and left unattended to measure and record information for the duration of the monitoring period. This allows for a comprehensive, accurate picture of the environmental conditions being monitored, such as air temperature and relative humidity.
Data loggers vary between general purpose types for a range of measurement applications to very specific devices for measuring in one environment or application type only. It is common for general purpose types to be programmable however many remain as static machines with only a limited number or no changeable parameters. Electronic dataloggers have replaced chart recorders in many applications.
One of the primary benefits of using data loggers is the ability to automatically collect data on a 24-hour basis. Upon activation, data loggers are typically deployed and left unattended to measure and record information for the duration of the monitoring period. This allows for a comprehensive, accurate picture of the environmental conditions being monitored, such as air temperature and relative humidity.
Setting up a USB-connected dataogger
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