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Data Acquisition products and software and how to use them.

DATAQ Instruments to Attend This Years ‘Sensors Converge’ Event

DATAQ Instruments is helping to shape the future of sensor development and data acquisition. Join us at booth 1045, June 24-26 and meet some of our knowledgeable and friendly design engineers. One of the largest sensor and electronics trade shows in the United States, the three-day event allows you to mingle with engineers, developers and Read More

DI-4×08-E vs. DI-4×08-M: What’s the Difference?

What’s the difference between the DI-4×08-E and the DI-4×08-M? At first glance, they appear to be different data loggers all together. In reality, they’re built on the same physical platform. Besides the obvious difference (a metal enclosure vs. a plastic one), there are some important distinctions to be made. The Enclosures Ah yes, the enclosures. Read More

How to Insert Remote ‘Event Markers’ in WinDaq

Often, when acquiring data for later analysis, an event occurs that directly impacts the information being collected. In this post, we’ll show you how to insert “event markers” in a file. Event markers allowing you to mark the instant (date/time) at which a particular event occurred. Enabling the Digital Channel To insert event marks, you’ll Read More

Python and Pandas in Excel

As you may know, Python is a popular high-level programming language, used by professional data analysts and novices alike. Pandas is a data analysis library, or set of tools that can be used inside of Python. The Pandas tools allow for quick and intuitive analysis of a dataset. Adding Python (and Pandas) to Microsoft Excel, Read More

Using the ‘Advanced Trigger ExcelLink’ Add-on to Stream Data into Excel

One of the most recognizable spreadsheet applications in the world, Microsoft Excel allows you to manipulate data, perform calculations and create custom graphs & charts. For many years, our WinDaq/XL bridging software has been the ultimate solution for customers interested in streaming data, in real time, directly into an Excel spreadsheet. Once there, users could take Read More

How to Acquire Pressure Data Using a 4-20mA Pressure Transmitter

As mentioned in an earlier post, acquiring pressure data is a common and important data acquisition application. Whether you’re dealing with air, fuel or water, pressure data can be an invaluable decision-making resource. In this application note, we’ll demonstrate the ease with which you can acquire pressure data using a 0-100 psig 4-20 mA pressure Read More

WinDaq/XL and Graphics Acceleration Crashing WinDaq

It has come to our attention that a graphics setting in Microsoft Excel can cause our WinDaq data acquisition software to crash (freeze), and significantly slow down your PC when running the WinDaq/XL real-time bridging software. Fortunately, there’s a simple solution that involves disabling graphics acceleration. We’ll show you how! Disabling Hardware Graphics Acceleration in Read More

Stand-alone Data Acquisition and Flash Memory

For years, DATAQ has offered a number of different flash memory solutions for stand-alone data acquisition. Beginning with standard 2GB max capacity SD-style cards for older DI-710/718 series data loggers, progressing to the 32 GB thumb-style USB drives, included with contemporary DI-2000 and DI-4000 series instruments. With maximum sample rates on the order of 14.4 Read More

Stand-Alone Date/Time Stamps in Microsoft Excel

A critical component of data acquisition, date/time stamps allow you to determine the status of your device under test at a particular instant in time. How that date/time stamp is displayed, and the precision (to the nearest tenth or hundredth of a second) can be quite subjective. Some like to see the date first (mm/dd/yyyy), Read More

Making Pressure Measurements with the DI-1100 Starter Kit

As discussed in a previous post, acquiring pressure data for review and analysis is a common and important data acquisition application. In this application note, we’ll demonstrate the ease with which pressure data can be displayed, archived and analyzed on the cheap using DATAQ Instruments model DI-1100 starter kit, WinDaq data acquisition software and the Read More