Questions tagged [data-acquisition]

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Help me understand this mystery data acquisition circuit

Can someone please help me understand this mystery data acquisition circuit. The circuit is both powered and digital data are communicated using a single wire. Current return is made through chassis. Special interface board must be used to operate…
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Using differential and single-ended inputs simultaneously in a data acquisition system

Below is the wiring setup I plan to use: Basically the black rectangle in the middle is this data-acquisition board which has 16 diff ended inputs. The blue rectangle on the left is a six-axis force transducer which has 6 low level differential…
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Oscilloscope can't save data to disk fast enough

I am using an oscilloscope from LeCroy and am confused as to how to have the scope sample and write data to disk at 1kHz. When I run the Low-Speed Measurement Data Logger Script which would make the scope acquire and save data to a file on the hard…
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Is there a difference between these device terms?

Is the term "High-Speed Digitizer" same as saying "data acquisition device with high sampling rate"? The definiton I encounter for a digitizer is: " A digitizer is a hardware device that receives analog information, such as sound or light, and…
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Comparing two imbalanced signal transmission

Below shows a perfectly balanced system assuming cables are balanced and twisted: Im wondering if the transmitter is not impedance balanced, would a balanced receiver reject CM interference still much better than single ended receiver: For example…
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Wiring an on-off switch to the inputs of a daq

I have the following reed switch sensor: I need to connect this switch to counter input of this daq hardware. The only info is the following: How should I connect this to the counter-input? Any diagram would help. And do I need a debouncing…
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How does isolation prevent input signals to float/saturate for differential ended inputs?

A differential ended input data-acquisition board has the following architecture: Here more information. Through screw terminals it takes the voltage inputs and each input first goes to a signal-conditioning module which also forms a channel to…
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