Data Acquisition Products & Services
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The Power Behind DAP Technology
These products use onboard intelligence. Find out why this matters and what that could mean for your application. Select from
- Data Acquisition Processor (DAP) boards
- Specialized DAP boards for filter applications
- Universal signal conditioning systems
- Software you already know how to use
or from
- Products for high channel-count systems
- Protection against aliasing errors
- Standard 19-inch rack-mount enclosures
- Pre-built systems in a single package
Data Acquisition Processor Boards
The onboard processor makes every Data Acquisition Processor (DAP) board an intelligent solution for data acquisition and control applications. The DAP architecture, with its onboard operating system, DAPL, allows high-speed I/O, transparent expansion, real-time processing, and high-speed network access... all free from PC-induced delays.
Specialized DAP Boards
A specialized DAP board - the iDSC 1816 - offers an ideal solution to the problem of aliasing for data acquisition projects. Learn more about how the iDSC 1816 can provide anti-aliasing - and take care of your data acquisition requirements - all on one board.
Signal Conditioning System
The Signal Conditioning System (SCS) complements the iDSC 1816 board to provide a continuous path in a single package: from raw measurements at the sensor to conditioned anti-aliased data logged to disk on a PC. This solution combines high-performance data acquisition, anti-aliasing, and signal conditioning in a single convenient package at low cost per channel.
Software
Almost any Windows or Linux application can form a user interface for PC-based data acquisition and control applications performed by Data Acquisition Processor boards. The easiest interface to use, and certainly the easiest to implement, DAP Measurement Studio (DAPstudio), works right off the CD or right off the Web: downloaded to any PC that contains a DAP board. Many popular third-party packages - LabVIEW, VEE, and others - also work well with DAP boards.
Channel Architecture
Signals need a way in and out of the data acquisition system, and the channel architecture developed to work with DAP boards provides it. In addition to simple signal termination and multiplexing, these external cards and cables perform many functions required in data acquisition systems: simultaneous sampling, isolation, quadrature decoding, and more.
Analog Filter Products
Sampling destroys all evidence of frequencies higher than half the sampling rate. Samples of these higher frequencies map into lower frequency aliases that corrupt results. An analog filter between a sensor and any analog-to-digital converter takes out unwanted higher frequencies.
Industrial Enclosures
Industrial enclosures put the channel architecture for DAP boards in compact and controlled packages: single-board enclosures, half-size enclosures, or full-size enclosures. The channel architecture cards fit easily into the industry-standard, full-size, 19-inch rack-mountable enclosures and, for high-channel-count applications, multiple industrial enclosures can be cabled together for one system.
DAPserver Test Instruments
DAPserver test, measurement, and control instruments offer a system solution that includes a single-board computer, card cage for channel architecture, and space for up to four DAP boards - all in a single package. Each DAPserver comes preloaded with Linux or Windows, ready for application development, and conforms to the Microstar Laboratories channel architecture.
Services
Need system implementation for data acquisition? Contact Microstar Laboratories Systems Integration. We can build custom commands, design custom interfaces, and build complete systems.
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