Companies manufacturing or installing equipment for the automatic collection of data from sensors and instruments, and the remote control of process equipment such as lights, valves, heating and cooling chambers, etc. This includes but is not limited to SCADA systems. Examples of data acquisition include temperature, pressure, flow, strain, position, depth and pollutants.
A guide to computerised data acquisition and control. A series of technical notes clearly explain how to computerise measurements, examples are provided by application stories, and new products are discussed. Includes USB, RS232, RS485, ISA-Bus, GPIB and www.microlink.co.uk
From the SCADA Insider Newsletter, an extensive list of links to companies involved in supervisory data acquisition and contol. www.abpubs.demon.co.uk/scadasites.htm
Data Acquisition Processor boards with onboard DSP commands for PC-based, real-time data acquisition, digital signal processing and control systems. www.mstarlabs.com
Control system consulting services for industrial control applications in the metals, glass, automotive, manufacturing, and process control industries. www.apicsllc.com
Manufactures digital acquisition and recording systems for aerospace, industrial, and medical research applications. Two other product families including color label printing systems. www.astro-med.com
Manufacturer of electronic control products: timers, counters, temperature controllers, speed controllers, pressure controllers and solid state relays. www.tempatron.co.uk
Designer and manufacturer of compact flash data acquisition enabling PDAs and hand-held computers to communicate with sensors and actuators, and bolt force sensors. www.c-cubed.co.uk
Free monthly newsletter covers PC-based data acquisition and control. It brings news of the latest scientific software and in-depth discussion of test and measurement techniques. It also offers subscribers free software which lets them connect RS232 instr www.windmill.co.uk/newsletter.html
Miniature, battery powered Data Loggers record temperature, pressure, humidity, light, current, voltage, and events. Full software available for free download. www.pace-sci.com