Data Acquisition and Signal Conditioning Reference Materials

Description: Oil and gas are an important part of the modern energy system and are a matter of national security and livelihood. As a key link in the oil and gas industry, pipelines play the role of a bridge to ...

Description: S-type thermocouple IO generally refers to the type of IO interface on the PLC for temperature analog signal acquisition, and can also refer to the temperature acquisition IO expansion module that the ...

Description: Today’s photoelectric sensor is one of the most versatile non-contact sensing devices known to man. The reliability of photoelectric “eyes” or “sensors” took a giant leap ...

Description: Micro Sensor MDM6000 series intelligent pressure transmitter adopts high-performance monocrystalline silicon composite pressure sensing technology, with high precision and reliable stability. The ...

Description: When looking around, we see how cities keep getting bigger and denser, adding one construction layer on top of the other. What the eye can't see, though, is the network of underground infrastructure ...

Description: After some years of travelling with restrictions and additional rules, we have gone back to taking planes as if they were buses, without wondering too often what's under the hood. ...

Description: If a well-reputed technological university decides to buy some equipment at standard prices and then submit it to independent comparative tests, then the resulting conclusions obviously carry more ...

Description: There is an increasing expectation that the development of new aero engines requires test bench experience under all feasible flight conditions to maximize test efficiency on the bench while ...

Description: Oxygen cleaned differential pressure transmitters and pressure transmitters are widely used for monitoring the liquid level and pipeline in the cryogenic gas tank. Cleaning standards shall be ...

Description: The implementation of multiple devices is creating homes of the future for many homeowners. 7 in 10 US households own a smart device, with 18% of homes owning more than 2. People use smart devices to ...

Description: When the oil is discharged from a single well in an oil field, the extracted crude oil contains water, and the water content is not fixed which results in inaccurate measurement for the crude oil ...

Description: This issue of e-TechJournal, delves into the technologies that are changing the way manufacturers design and build their products. ...

Description: Pressure transmitters and pressure gauges are widely used in fluid pressure measurement and control in industrial processes. But what is the difference between pressure transmitters and pressure ...

Description: Industrial manufacturers of MRI scanners usually implement tailormade setups in their devices, but there are also other, generic and hardware-agnostic concepts for use in a wide range of scanners. ...

Description: The race for the development of autonomous driving technology is on. Obviously, this technology needs to be foolproof and 100% safe, which demands ultraprecise instruments that guarantee optimum ...

Description: It´s not always easy to find concrete educational projects where a STEMlab plays the main role. Ironically, the COVID crisis offered a good opportunity to highlight one of these projects. The story ...

Description: It's clear that the people working at SMG are very satisfied with the versatile Red Pitaya boards, especially with regard to their value for money and versatility, since they allow them to achieve ...

Description: Red Pitaya gives LongPath a robust and cost-effective platform for advanced data acquisition and signal processing algorithms that guarantee their customers the most accurate continuous monitoring ...

Description: ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility, located in Padova (Italy), discovered the added value Red Pitaya STEMlab boards could bring to their SPIDER experiment. ...

Description: Tomographic imaging modalities, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT), have become a central part of the clinical routine and are vital for the diagnosis of diseases and ...

Description: When COVID and lockdowns struck in 2020, SMU was one of the universities that did not sit idly but went into action and organized their Digital Signal Processing classes to be run remotely using Red ...

Description: In this project we propose a large-bandwidth low-cost SDR architecture based on a Red Pitaya board. The components of this architecture are chosen so that the bottleneck in the transmit/receive chain ...

Description: Explore the projects that students from around the world are creating, and get inspired for your own ...

Description: Saeid Behjati, a PhD student at Leiden University is developing a new Scanning Tunnelling Microscope (STM) as a part of his PhD program. ...

Description: Why does the CAN-to-Ethernet converter use an ARM chip instead of an X86 chip? There are two main reasons. First of all, the ARM architecture chip is used to process the data of the CAN network ...

Description: Attached directly to a tire's inner liner, Sensata's new Tire Mounted Sensors deliver additional sensing capabilities, tire identification and lifetime data continuity that provide benefits to drivers ...

Description: With the current market volatility within the energy system causing unprecedented cost rises globally, it's never been more vital for businesses to monitor their power consumption. Brainboxes Smart ...

Description: Unlike other CAN converters, there are many types of CAN fiber optic module devices, why? Because it has too many subdivision methods that can mainly be divided into four categories. At the same time, ...

Description: We know that there are several buses in a car to connect various devices, such as CAN bus, LIN bus, MOST bus and so on. The above types of buses have different characteristics, different speeds, and ...

Description: Electrification in automotive and industrial applications is changing sensing requirements and creating new demands. As automotive and industrial applications advance toward greater autonomy, demand ...

Description: Engineers who has been in CAN bus field all know although CAN bus has ultra high baud rate, stable and fast speed transmission and a number of collected node devices, it still could not replace the ...

Description: Do you know the difference between high-speed CAN and low-speed, fault-tolerant CAN? Recently, Engineer Li from a company in Guangzhou contacted us and said that he found our USBCAN analyzer could not ...

Description: This article will discuss the basic concept of ToF, its benefits, and an application example: 2D LiDAR using ToF Sensors. ...

Description: How electrochemical sensors work and some of the common applications they serve. ...

Description: How to use ToF Sensor to make 2D LiDAR ...

Description: Oil production facility installs Oil/Water Interface Transmitters for easier wastewater monitoring ...

Description: Pharmaceutical company in Germany installs Capacitance Monitor for automated monitoring solution ...

Description: Sensors have taken off in a big way in all manners of mobile and industrial equipment. As component costs have decreased and the manufacturing processes behind this technology have become more ...

Description: The effective range of a lidar system depends on the sensitivity of its photoreceiver and the strength of optical signal returns as a function of target range. Parameters affecting signal-return ...

Description: Reducing power consumption in battery-powered devices ...

Description: Fluorometers are used for real-time environmental monitoring because they are specific, require no reagents and can detect extremely low concentrations of compounds. Common examples of environmental ...

Description: The sensor and automation components used in food processing must meet prescribed food processing standards and high technical standards. ...

Description: In a previous blog article, we described how Aaron Strangfeld and his coauthors integrated a STEMLab125-14 unit in a Rb-based optical frequency reference for a nanosatellite application. This project ...

Description: Markus Gardhill and Tushar Tandon have developed a radar system using affordable, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components, easy to assemble and connect, with built-in monitoring features. ...

Description: We use spectrum analyzers when we are interested in the spectral composition of a signal, which can be difficult to see from the waveform that an oscilloscope would display. ...

Description: In this work, a EEGNet-based architecture has been implemented on the FPGA of the Xilinx Zynq 7010 system on-chip (SoC), the core of the Red Pitaya STEMlab 125-10. ...

Description: Among other applications, Red Pitaya can also be used as a PID controller. Its MIMO PID controller consists of 4 standard PID controllers with P, I, and D parameter settings and integrator reset ...

Description: Markus Gardhill and Tushar Tandon have developed a radar system using affordable, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components, easy to assemble and connect, with built-in monitoring features. ...

Description: Why a Swiss cheese dairy relies on sensors from ifm for the production of its specialities ...

Description: To secure the supply of drinking water, Midvaal focuses on integral pump and motor monitoring. Especially through the use of IO-Link, Midvaal was able to reduce the time required for wiring by 80 %. ...

Description: On July 7th, 2022, Micro Sensor and LEEG Instruments successfully signed an equity restructuring of the strategic cooperation agreement. ...

Description: Now more than ever—as material shortages, supply chain issues and talent gaps dominate the industrial world—manufacturers need to utilize the power of data to improve operations and reach ...

Description: Tony Bauer has made a shield to transform Red Pitaya into an electrocardiogram. The shield amplifies the heartbeat signal and filters out the noise to produce an ECG graph as the one you can see ...

Description: This is a guest blog post by doc. dr. Matija Pirc. In his class at the University of Ljubljana, he prepared an exercise showing the effects of the sampling process on the spectrum of a sampled signal ...

Description: Imaging techniques have become everyday instruments in the medical world, providing us with valuable information regarding our physical condition and possible health problems. Despite their impressive ...

Description: Faraday’s law of induction is a basic law of electromagnetism. When an electric circuit is moved in the neighborhood of a magnet, a current is induced in the circuit during the movement. ...

Description: Dynamometers are available in many types and sizes to fit a very wide variety of uses. To know which dynamometer is best, certain criteria must first be determined. Your Go Power Systems Sales ...

Description: Designing and manufacturing a sensor is not something that one can just "do". In relation to much of the machinery on which sensors are installed, these items are small, and quite often overlooked as ...

Description: Manufacturers are on a digital transformation journey toward the smart factory. Smart manufacturing is a flexible system that can self-optimize performance across a network, self-adapt to and learn ...

Description: The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is ever-changing, with new competitors emerging every day as consumers shift their expectations and buying behavior. As a result, CPG plants are taking steps ...

Description: Red Pitaya is great platform for teaching the design of digital signal processing systems at our Faculty of Electrical Engineering, where we introduce Xilinx Vivado and practice digital design in VHDL ...

Description: Control operations can be either closed loop or open loop. The key difference is feedback. An open-loop control system (also known as a non-feedback system) acts completely on the basis of input; the ...

Description: MAQ20 PID Control in a Home Heating Application In this application, a MAQ20 Data Acquisition and Control System along with DSCA Signal Conditioning Modules, standard sensors, and actuators control ...

Description: What are Sony Exmor, Exmor R, STARVIS, and Exmor RS sensors? ...

Description: What are the 3 types of sterilization & the methods of sterilization of medical instruments? Find out the main medical device sterilization methods. ...

Description: In their article "A Prototype of a Compact Rubidium-Based Optical Frequency Reference for Operation on Nanosatellites", Aaron Strangfeld and coauthors describe the design, assembly and testing of an ...

Description: Coherent fiber links are becoming the gold standard for frequency transfer, with recent improvements allowing statistical uncertainty around 10-20 for optical links in the range of thousands of ...

Description: Transient absorption and stimulated Raman scattering microscopy are techniques that sense tiny perturbations to a probe laser beam, induced by a pump beam, to create their images, which makes them ...

Description: In their article The MICELI (MICrofluidic, ELectrical, Impedance): Prototyping a Point-of-Care Impedance Platelet Aggregometer, Y. Roka-Moiia et al. provide an example of this development. Their work ...

Description: Making trusted measurements on nuclear warheads to confirm their authenticity without revealing design information remains one of the major challenges for nuclear verification. ...

Description: Nowadays, ultrasound (US) imaging is a widely used technique in medical applications. Acoustic signal bursts, at frequency ranges well above the human hearing limit, are reflected by the different ...

Description: After having been under the radar of the public for eye some years, space travel is back in the news again. People who get a "been there - done that" feeling when thinking of going back to the Moon, ...

Description: A portable Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) system has been developed with Red Pitaya STEMlab for biomedical applications ...

Description: Red pitaya plays a big part in an IoT active acoustic system for fish monitoring with direct application in biodiversity preservation near hydropower plants and dams. ...

Description: To operate an SST zirconia O2 probe, it is necessary to have interface electronics to power and control the sensor. For customers that do not want to purchase the electronics, please read our ...

Description: Accuracy in the context of this definition is the sum of the errors due to Hysteresis, Repeatability and Linearity. Hysteresis is a measure of the ability of a sensor to return to a starting value ...

Description: The temperature selection details the upper and lower operating temperature for our range of LVDT sensors. The operating temperature range of most of our LVDTs is suitable for most industrial ...

Description: With a networking landscape that’s rapidly shifting, the industry is staring down the inevitable rise of edge computing. Recently, we’ve heard questions about this approach to data ...

Description: The MAQ20 relay module, MAQ20-DORLY20, contains 20 relays that may be wired as a 4x5 cross point switch as shown in the figure 1 below. The numbers 1-40 represent the 40 spring terminals of the ...

Description: The food industry is one of the most important branches of industry. Food must meet high quality standards, be inexpensive, fast as well as available in large quantities. ...

Description: Industry buzzwords can be tricky. Although they're frequently used to engage in conversation about trends and innovations, the terms are constantly changing and can mean different things to different ...

Description: Yuanben Sensors with its brands “yuanben”, yuanben Switches and sensor, propose an extensive range of robust and highly reliable products that meet all the necessary approvals to be easily ...

Description: The function of the sensor is constantly strengthened, the application is also more and more widely, the sensor is to become a part of the old mechanical and electrical switch technology alternatives. ...

Description: Wireless real-time radiation sensor networks offer the general public and those that work in high radiation areas greater protection against radiation hazards. Combined with real-time localized and ...

Description: Red Lion's FlexEdge enables secure data brokering by leveraging both MQTT and OPC-UA in the same application, reducing system complexity and increasing data visibility. ...

Description: The Metroplex Overflight Noise Analysis (MONA) project seeks to measure, analyze, and archive the ground noise generated by aircraft overflights and to provide accurate and actionable data for a ...

Description: This article will discuss two new innovative approaches to measure currents up to 600 A in PCB: a near-lossless Hall-based current sensor with an integrated conductor and a non-invasive standalone ...

Description: HVAC sensors are essential for maintaining set conditions within indoor environments. These innovative technology pieces allow HVAC equipment to measure environmental factors and adjust accordingly ...

Description: Remote monitoring through digital monitoring equipment is a method that not only provides data support for fuel supply manufacturers, optimizes fuel delivery routes, but also improves production ...

Description: All RDP transducers are housed in a robust stainless steel housing which provides both mechanical protection for the LVDT sensor as well as shielding the internal coils and electronics from external ...

Description: An LVDT is a transformer and requires a specific type of signal conditioning amplifier of which there are many in our product range. Having the amplifier remote from the LVDT transducer means that the ...

Description: It’s difficult to tell whether a transmitter is working well or not, especially when on the field, and even if you know something is not right, it might still be difficult to know how to test a ...

Description: RDP LVDT transducers are very robust and reliable but it is important to select the correct LVDT for your environment. ...

Description: The armature assembly (the moving part) is a completely separate component from the body of the LVDT and when correctly installed are the most robust and reliable. These are the best types to use if ...

Description: Digitalisation is changing the industry and thus also the requirements on automation technology. In an interview with KEM Konstruktion Martin Buck, Chairman of the Board, IFM-Stiftung & Co. KG, ...

Description: Again and again, the eye-catching orange draws the attention of ifm colleagues to the company's own products. This time a colleague discovered inductive ifm sensors on a ferry on Lake Constance. ...

Description: In order to understand MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) it is best to start with something else -- something for which it is easier to develop an intuitive feel. This other concept is failure rate ...

Description: Solartron's Orbit® Network can be used to connect multiple sensors together to check complex shapes, such as a knee prosthesis. For checking the knee joint pictured here, three Gauging probes were ...

Description: And now there's the Snoo, a $1,500 AI-robotic bassinet that helps babies (and their folks) get some much-needed sleep. The Snoo wasn't around when I was a new dad, but - although I'm just reading ...

Description: Photoelectric sensors are among the most versatile sensors on the market. They are used where non-contact position measurement is crucial and provide a reliable solution for numerous applications. ...