Data Acquisition and Signal Conditioning Reference Materials
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Barcode Scanning Alternatives
From: ZBA, Inc.Description: This document is designed to educate readers on some of the basic technology differences, advantages and disadvantages of bar code scanning choices. ...
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A Tutorial of Barcode Applications
From: ZBA, Inc.Description: As it has always been in the business world, meeting and exceeding the competition is critical to your company's success. Bar code technology is one of the most effective ways to enhance the bottom ...
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The Ease Of Bar Code Technology
From: ZBA, Inc.Description: In an ever-changing business world, the collecting, processing and interpreting of data, in a fast effective way, is essential. This document gives a brief summary of bar code technology, how and ...
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Rugged Embedded Systems for Avionics Applications get Smaller
Description: This article describes the latest developments and requirements for ruggedized small form factor boards and systems especially for avionics applications. ...
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[Application] Best RTU Solution for NVR Software Venders - ioLogik E2000 Series
From: Moxa Inc.Description: In this project, a well-known NVR software vender in the worldwide automation industry wanted to build an IP surveillance system for a stadium. The main issue was the management of the network ...
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Factors that Determine Symbol Readability (.pdf)
Description: Readability is determined by the extent to which an imager can decode a directly marked symbol. Primary factors that affect readability are: Contrast, Quiet Zone, Error Correction, Element Size, and ...
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Selecting the Appropriate Marking Method for DPM Applications (.pdf)
Description: There are several factors that help to define the optimal marking method for your 2D code, namely: Permanency Requirements, Material Composition of a Part, Manufacturing Process, and Production ...
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Aerospace Manufacturing Case Study: Decoding Dot Peen 2D Codes for Aero-Engine Manufacturer (.pdf)
Description: As a part of the "Air Transport Association SPEC 2000," manufacturers are required to mark and track each part used to assemble an airplane. To replace their manual tracking and documentation system, ...
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Document Handling Industry Case Study: Reading Data Matrix for High Speed Sortation (.pdf)
Description: A leading manufacturer of document processing equipment needs to integrate a Data Matrix reader into their equipment to accommodate customers who use Data Matrix as their control code. ...
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Scale Glossary
Description: Conversion of continuously varying (analog) voltage levels to discrete binary-numbered (digital) values (e.g., a load cell output can be fed through an A/D convertor to produce a continuous stream of ...
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Pharmaceutical Industry Case Study: Data Matrix Used to Track Repackaging Process (.pdf)
Description: At a leading repackaging facility of pharmaceutical products, each packaging line is designed to run 100-count containers at 80 per minute. As a part of their quality control process, the company uses ...
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Automotive Industry Case Study: AIAG Label Validation (.pdf)
Description: A manufacturer needs to read the bar codes on two AIAG shipping labels, one applied to opposite sides of each shipping tote, to verify the encoded information was accurate and the two labels were ...
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Automotive Industry Case Study: Barcode Readers Track Engine Blocks (.pdf)
Description: An engine manufacturer needs to maximize production by increasing line speeds. They need a scanner that can read the barcodes on engines as they move past the scanner without requiring a line stop for ...
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Automotive Industry Case Study: Barcodes Enable WIP for Tire Manufacturer
Description: A tire manufacturer needs to eliminate manufacturing errors by automating part of the manufacturing process. It is essential that specific custom-built machines accurately determine the exact ...
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Automotive Industry Case Study: Barcoding Tires (.pdf)
Description: It is critical for a major tire manufacturer to have a reliable, work-in-progress tracking system in place. To accomplish this, the manufacturer installs several laser raster barcode scanners to read ...
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Automotive Industry Case Study: Decoding Dot Peen 2D Codes on Brake Components (.pdf)
Description: A manufacturer of anti-lock breaks wants to mark each component in the system with a 2D code and track it throughout the manufacturing process. Since they selected dot peen as the method to apply the ...
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Electronics Industry Case Study: Barcode Readers Increase WIP Visibility for Industrial Appliance Manufacturer (.pdf)
Description: A large manufacturer of industrial electronic appliances must achieve reliable symbol read rates in their data-driven production line. Symbol quality, along with speed, size, and accuracy of the ...
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Electronics Industry Case Study: Contract Manufacturers Use Data Matrix to Track Products (.pdf)
Description: A contract manufacturer needs to replace their vision system with a reader that can be easily reconfigured between product runs without the use of a monitor or a PC. Using 2D barcode readers, the ...
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Electronics Industry Case Study: Tracking Airbag Sensor Chips (.pdf)
Description: A manufacturer of airbag deployment sensors needs to read Data Matrix codes etched on components to track them through the manufacturing process. Changes in lighting and the low contrast of the ...
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Packaging Industry Case Study: Barcode Readers Enable Automated Pallet Tracking (.pdf)
Description: A warehousing facility needs to improve efficiency and inventory control. To accomplish this, they install an automated pallet tracking system utilizing Microscan's extended read range scanner. ...
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Pharmaceutical Industry Case Study: Reading Data Matrix on Pharmaceutical Packaging (.pdf)
Description: At their state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, a new pharmaceutical manufacturer uses Data Matrix to automate the product verification system of their home insulin kits. Data Matrix is used to ...
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Pharmaceutical Solutions: Complete Solutions for Pharmaceutical Applications (.pdf)
Description: Data accuracy and reliability are critical within pharmaceutical applications where manufacturers need to increase throughput while meeting regulatory compliance. Microscan helps manufacturers through ...
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Electronics Industry Case Study: Reading Data Matrix on Components (.pdf)
Description: An electronics manufacturing company that makes components for the automotive industry needed to automate their assembly process. They want a 2D barcode reader to verify that the correct components ...
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Electronics Industry Case Study: Tracking Semiconductor Wafers (.pdf)
Description: A typical semiconductor head wafer manufacturing facility produces 500,000 units per day. With fabrication yields of ? = 50%, and 20,000 heads per wafer on a 150 mm wafer, this drives the need to ...
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Application of Data Matrix Verification Standards (.pdf)
Description: Data Matrix symbol verification ensures objective measurements regarding the quality of the mark. Standards for verification allow an even field of play for all measurement systems, such that ...
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Bar Code Basics (.pdf)
Description: An introductory overview of fixed-mount barcode scanners: how they work, what they can and can't do, and how they can meet your specific requirements. ...
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Life Sciences Industry Case Study: Vial Reader Tracks Data Matrix Symbol (.pdf)
Description: A manufacturer of liquid-handling systems needs to audit track vials that store 96 different combinations of solutions. This process is automated accurately with the use of Microscan barcode reader ...
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Symbol Reconstruction in Barcoding Applications (.pdf)
Description: An introduction to symbol reconstruction technology. Symbol reconstruction can meet the challenges associated with capturing data when symbol orientation and quality cannot always be predicted. ...
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Pressure Transmitters Increasing Efficiency and Safety
From: DwyerOmegaDescription: As industries such as Building Automation and Water/Wastewater become more energy-efficient, Powder and Bulk is also increasing energy efficiency using pressure transmitters and variable frequency ...
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Oil Company Uses SAGD for Heavy Oil Recovery (.pdf)
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Optimizing harvest efficiency is critical given the sheer volume of oil pumped for refinery reservoirs, requiring a powerful data logging solution to monitor the oil well temperatures. Efficiency and ...
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In-Vehicle Voltage Supply From Cigar Lighter / Accessory Sockets
From: Prosig USA, Inc.Description: This article documents an investigation into voltage levels provided by an automotive cigar lighter socket. These sockets are nowadays used to power a wide variety of devices. It is, in fact, rare for ...
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Gas Pipeline Monitoring System for Hospitals
From: Moxa Inc.Description: This system integrator focuses on providing centralized gas pipeline monitoring systems for hospitals. The service they provide makes it possible for hospitals to reduce both maintenance and labor ...
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What Is The Difference Between Single Ended & Differential Inputs?
From: Prosig USA, Inc.Description: Prosig P8000 systems use differential inputs, but what are they and why are they so special? This subject is not always fully understood and, therefore, the focus of this article is to try to make the ...
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Remote Load Monitoring of Construction Shoring Struts
Description: Mantracourt's innovative radio telemetry system is breaking new ground in many industry sectors. This short application note outlines how British company Groundforce, a division of Vp plc are ...
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Overcoming IP Address Issues with GPRS Remote Monitoring and Alarm Systems (.pdf)
From: Moxa Inc.Description: Although GPRS technology makes it easier and more convenient to set up a river monitoring system, the fact that most GPRS devices use dynamic IP addresses can be somewhat frustrating. What this means ...
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High Dynamic Range - Fact or Fiction?
From: Prosig USA, Inc.Description: At least one manufacturer of data acquisition systems claims to achieve an incredibly high dynamic range (160dB) when capturing data. This is supposedly achieved by the use of dual-range data ...
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How Cellular Technology Transforms Remote Monitoring Systems (.pdf)
From: Moxa Inc.Description: The advent of advanced cellular communications technology has unleashed tremendous potential in remote monitoring systems, which no longer need to be constrained by the limitations of obsolete ...
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Building a Perfect Industrial Telemetry System- Seven Key Features of All-in-One GPRS Data Acquisition Solutions (.pdf)
From: Moxa Inc.Description: Telemetric Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems promise tremendous efficiency and reliability advantages for remote industrial operations, but their implementation can seem a ...
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Why Can't We Be Friends? Monitoring the Server Room by Introducing Modbus to SNMP (.pdf)
From: Moxa Inc.Description: Monitoring the Server Room by Introducing Modbus to SNMP. IA devices are very useful for monitoring server rooms in IT systems, but the right integration solution is required to make this unlikely ...
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Advantages of PC-Based Data-Logging
From: NIDescription: The earliest form of recording data involved manually taking measurements, recording them to a written log, and plotting them on graph paper. In the late 19th century, this process was automated with ...
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AN121 Low Pass Filter Rise Time vs Bandwidth
From: Dataforth CorporationDescription: While most signal conditioners amplify or attenuate your signals and provide you with a usable 0-10V or 4-20mA output, few manufacturers actually tell you about their signal conditioner's response ...
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The Intelligent Way To Sort, Extract & Analyze Signals
From: Prosig USA, Inc.Description: This note is based on a real requirement presented to Prosig by a prospective user. It's the sort of challenge that we relish. This case is a great example of a real-world signal processing ...
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Data Windows : What, Why and When?
From: Prosig USA, Inc.Description: Before we discuss the use of data windows, we should first remind ourselves of three basic properties of the FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) process. First, energy information in signal must be preserved ...
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Strain Gauges Explained
From: Prosig USA, Inc.Description: A strain gauge is an electrical sensor which is used to accurately measure strain in a test piece. Strain gauges are usually based on a metallic foil pattern. The gauge is attached to the test piece ...
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What Are dB, Noise Floor & Dynamic Range?
From: Prosig USA, Inc.Description: Most engineers are probably familiar with or have come across the decibel or dB as a unit of measurement. Its most common use is in the field of acoustics where it is used to quantify sound levels. ...
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Made To Measure
From: Prosig USA, Inc.Description: In this note the different types of transducers that can be used with the Prosig P8000 series data acquisition system are discussed. The article deals with the design and function of the different ...
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IRIG 106 Chapter 10 Standardizes MIL-STD-1553 Data Recording (.pdf)
Description: In an effort to reap the benefits of standardization for data recorder file formats, the Range Commanders Council (RCC) and others in the US Air Force instrumentation community developed the IRIG 106 ...
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ISA100.11a Multi-Vendor Industrial Wireless Products in Sction (.pdf)
Description: Within days of approval of the ISA100.11a standard by the ISA Standards and Practices Board, the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute installed a multi-vendor User Test of the technology at an Arkema ...
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The Versatile Differential Pressure Transmitter (.pdf)
Description: The differential pressure transmitter is the most versatile of all the pressure sensors having the broadest measuring capability and application exposure. This document is intended to give the reader ...
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Translation Guide
Description: The guide contains the latest updates on Dual Supply Level Translators for push-pull buffered and open drain applications, application-specific translators for memory card applications and new ...
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AN120 Wind Turbines Today
From: Dataforth CorporationDescription: In today's ongoing search for sources of alternative energy, clean, green, and renewable are top priorities. Using wind power to convert wind energy into electricity - achieved with wind turbines - is ...
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AN118 Strain Gage Signal Conditioner
From: Dataforth CorporationDescription: The most dominant application of bridge circuits is in the instrumentation arena. Within these applications, the strain gage as a resistive element sensitive to displacement has been used extensively ...
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Protecting the Pressure Transmitter
Description: Measuring steam pressure is a common application in the HVAC industry, but finding a transmitter that can handle the higher temperatures of steam can be a challenge. Steam, under typical HVAC and ...
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Selecting a Pressure Transmitter
Description: With so many choices, selecting a pressure transmitter can be a frustrating endeavor but it doesn't have to be. With a few simple steps, finding the right transmitter for your application can be ...
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The Truth About Thermistors
Description: Thermistors were so named by Bell Telephone Laboratories and the name is a contraction for thermal resistors. They are resistors with a high temperature coefficient of resistance and their resistance ...
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Accuracy Unraveled
Description: We can buy sensors to measure just about anything, and each of those sensors has an almost endless list of specifications that tell us how we can expect it to perform. Accuracy is the most often ...
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Wireless Bridge Surveying via GPRS
Description: Many logging applications are in remote sites with no available internet or long range transmission options available. GPRS offers world-wide accessibility to data. A civil engineering company wanted ...
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A Manufacturer Cannot Survive on SPC Alone: Using Historical Waveform Data to Improve Productivity (.pdf)
From: Sciemetric InstrumentsDescription: The concept of using historical information to improve processes has been in use for many years. The most common form in manufacturing is Statistical Process Control (SPC). ...
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Advanced Dynamics
Description: Advanced Dynamics Emphasizing learning through problem solving, this text analyzes in detail the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to dynamics, and describes techniques that will improve ...
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Data Acquisition - Intelligence Means Flexibility (.pdf)
From: D-TACQ SolutionsDescription: The D-TACQ intelligent board architecture implemented on ACQ32PCI/ ACQ32CPCI/ ACQ16PCI uses a large Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and a powerful, but low power, low cost microprocessor (uP) on ...
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Turbo Coding for Satellite and Wireless Communications
Description: Turbo Coding for Satellite and Wireless Communications Including numerous implementation issues and examples of commercially available turbo codes and products, this comprehensive treatment of the ...
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Digital Signal Filtering, Analysis and Restoration
Description: Digital Signal Filtering, Analysis and Restoration Illustrates some of the theoretical ideologies, offering alternatives to the practices currently in use on Digital Signal Filtering, Analysis and ...
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Fatal Exit - Acknowledgments
From: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Description: One of the great pleasures of finishing a book is that it gives the author the opportunity to thank those who helped make the project a product. I could not have generated the information, collected ...
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Dow Chemical Company: Achieving Multi-Site Compliance with Pavilion's Environmental Portfolio Management Solution
Description: Dow operates a number of sites in the Southeast Texas Houston-Galveston Area (HGA) federal ozone non-attainment area. In order to improve air quality and achieve ozone attainment status, the Texas ...
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High- Precision Data Acquisition Boards - Why You Should Buy, Not Design
From: Micro/sys, Inc.Description: Designing a data acquisition system (DAS) is like learning to play golf. Anyone can hit the ball from day one but then may spend the rest of their life refining the game. Anyone can design a system ...
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Electronics Industry Case Study: Consistent Traceability of PCBs Guaranteed with Data Matrix Symbols (.pdf)
Description: As a System Service Provider for Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS), Zollner Elektronik offers production and service of electronic, mechanical and inductive components. The company manufactures ...
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Life Sciences Industry Case Study: Data Matrix Symbols Help Cut Waste and Save Time (.pdf)
Description: Seconds count during a heart attack. That's why precision counts at Biosite, which manufacturers test panels which can be analyzed in a portable test unit that can determine what type of heart attack ...
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SL1000 High-Speed Data Acquisition Unit
Description: Computerization is accelerating in the mechatronics field such as automobile. With hybrid engines for instance, high-efficiency and high-voltage inverter motors are used to aid engine output to ...
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Calculating Program Memory Checksums Using a PIC16F87X
Description: Many applications require the microcontroller to calculate a checksum on the program memory to determine if the contents have been corrupted. Until now, the only family of PICmicro ® ...
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Downloading HEX Files to External FLASH Memory Using PIC17CXXX PICmicro ® Microcontrollers
Description: The PIC17CXXX devices have the capability to interface external FLASH memory into the 64K x 16 program memory space. Coupled with this feature is the ability to read and write to the entire program ...
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Using External RAM with PIC17CXX Devices
Description: This Technical Brief shows how to connect a PIC17CXX device to external memory. It also provides instructions and calculations to help determine which speeds of SRAM work with which frequency crystal. ...
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Implementation of the Data Encryption Standard Using PIC17C42
Description: In January 1977, The United States government adopted a product cipher developed by IBM as its official encryption standard [1]. This algorithm, called the Data Encryption Standard (DES), has been ...
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TC7135 Microprocessor Interface (TC7135)
Description: Many data acquisition systems require both a visual display and a computer interface. The TC7135 from Microchip Technology is a 4-1/2 digit Analog-to-Digital converter (ADC) which can easily provide ...
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Use of the SSP Module in the IIC Multi-Master Environment
Description: The Inter-IC (I 2 C) bus is a two-wire serial interface developed by Philips/Signetics. The specification supports data transmission up to 400 Kbps. The I 2 C interface employs a comprehensive ...
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PIC14C000 A/D Theory and Implementation
Description: This application note presents an implementation of a data acquisition system based on a PIC14C000 microcontroller. The PIC14C000?s analog front end will perform signal conditioning and analog to ...
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Code development for the PIC16C52
Description: To develop code on a PIC16C52 device, a PIC16C54/JW part can be used. In order to use a PIC16C54/JW device, the following conditions should be followed: 1. A PIC16C54/JW has 512 words (0x1FF) of ...
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Implementing a Table Read
Description: This application note shows how to implement a table look-up for the following devices: ? PIC12CXXX ? PIC12CEXXX ? PIC16CXXX ? PIC16CEXXX ? PIC16FXXX The examples shown are for the PIC16CXXX family. ...
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Simplify A/D Converter Interface with Software
Description: Integrating analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) featuring binary-coded decimal (BCD) outputs for display interface offer a number of excellent features, as well as high resolution, at a very low cost. ...
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Using Digital Potentiometers to Design Low-Pass Adjustable Filters
Description: The most common filter found in a data acquisition system signal path is a low-pass filter. This type of filter is usually used to reduce A/D Converter (ADC) aliasing errors. If there is more than one ...
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Applying the TC1219/TC1220 Inverting Charge Pumps with Small External Capacitor Values
Description: Microchip Technology Inc.'s TC1219 (switching frequency at 12 kHz) and TC1220 (switching frequency at 35 kHz) are inverting charge pump voltage converters that are specified using rather large ...
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Layout Tips for 12-Bit A/D Converter Application
Description: This Application Note originally started as a "cook book" for a true 12-bit layout. The assumption of this type of approach is that a reference design could be provided, which easily could be used for ...
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Reading and Using Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT)
Description: When you're trying to solve a signal integrity problem, the best of all worlds is to have more than one tool to examine the behavior of a system. If there is an Analog-to-Digital (A/D) converter in ...
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Selecting an MCP21XX Device for IrDA® Applications
Description: The first thing to determine is if the application should have one of the devices with the IrCOMM application layer protocol handler with encoder/decoder implemented or if only the encoder/decoder ...
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Engineer's Assistant Using a PIC16F84A
Description: This compact instrument is intended to be a digital laboratory tool for hardware and, in some cases, software debugging. It contains four instruments in one unit: logic probe, single channel logic ...
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Data Matrix Sets the Standard for Identification (.pdf)
Description: Data Matrix sets the standard for reliable, accurate and space-efficient identification. In fact, it is the standard specified by the Electronic Industries Association (EIA), Semiconductor Equipment ...
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Data Matrix Verification FAQ (.pdf)
Description: Manufacturers in nearly every industry, especially those using open source manufacturing, rely on automatic data capture (ADC) to increase productivity, accuracy, and data handling efficiency. ...
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ADwin Systems for Test Automation in Development & Production
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: Test systems are used to determine the dynamic characteristics and parameters of components and sensors. With ADwinsystems, an analog and/or digital stimulus is applied to the Device Under Test (DUT), ...
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Intelligent Data Logging Using ADwinSystems
From: CAS DataLoggersDescription: ADwinreal-time systems are ideal for intelligent data acquisition and control applications. By utilizing the programmability of the ADwinslocal CPU, users can run real-time logging and/or control ...
- Data Acquistion Software: Pacific Instrument's PI660
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Remote Data Aquisition Phones Home
Description: Sometimes it's not easy going to where the data are. But what if you could just dial up and get the measurements? The SynetCell Data Logger/RTU system (see Photo 1)-a new product for remote logging, ...
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1-GHz Mobile Digital Data Recorder Exploits Latest Advances
Description: Just 5 years ago, it was unthinkable that a mobile system could perform sustained recording at the 2 Gbyte/s rate needed for a 1-GHz recorder. Virtually all such recorders used limited amounts of ...
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Remote Debugging with Networked Bus Analyzers
Description: Remote debugging of VMEbus systems has in the past been unreliable and difficult. Now, new developments such as the inclusion of a network interface within VME bus analyzer technology have made remote ...
- Data Acquisition for Controls and Instrumentation in 21 CFR Part 11 Applications
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Bar Code Labeling and Best Inventory Practices Go Hand in Hand
From: Datamax-O'Neil
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Bar Code Labeling in the Automotive Industry
From: Datamax-O'Neil
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The M Class: Designed to Replace Datamax Legacy Printers
From: Datamax-O'Neil
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Full Traceability for the European Fruit and Vegetable Supply Chain
From: Datamax-O'Neil
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Global Traceability: Safety and Quality Standards
From: Datamax-O'Neil
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Frequently Asked Customer Questions: Bar Code Quality Control
From: Printronix, Inc.
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Frequently Asked Customer Questions: ODV Questions
From: Printronix, Inc.