Data Acquisition & Telemetry


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Industrial radiation-free panel monitor
February 2001
Advantech's FPM-38 is an industrial 15" colour XGA TFT LCD flat panel monitor. Small and lightweight, the FPM-38 offers an optional touchscreen making it user-friendly as a control interface system. The ...

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Paperless recorders fit existing panels
December 2000, Protea Automation Solutions
A new family of graphical recorders, called the Chessell DAQ Series 5000, have been launched by Eurotherm. The recorders, which meet a wide range of data recording functions in the power generation as ...

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Hart communications
September 2000, PREI Instrumentation
Using the Hart protocol, numerous items can be monitored on a single communication line including process variables, temperature, relay status, configuration changes and other functions

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UK National Grid case study - SA scada HMI in innovative project
September 2000, Adroit Technologies
"National Grid, Yorkshire Electric, Scomagg and Adroit worked very closely at all stages of the project to ensure the end result was a reliable and commercially viable solution which met National Grid's business requirements."

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Paperless recorders come of age
September 2000, KROHNE
Continuing development of paperless recorders will extend their capabilities offering faster logging rates, more channels and greater storage capacity

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Modbus I/O now has easily implemented radio telemetry
September 2000
The MOD-MUX Modbus I/O system from Procon Electronics, which traditionally has used a RS485 or fibre-optic network, can now be expanded onto a radio telemetry network. A robust radio modem is used to ...

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Detecting cracks and defects in cast parts with LabVIEW
September 2000
Cracks and defects in parts used in a variety of applications ranging from mission-critical aerospace and automotive parts to household fixtures can cause catastrophic failures when the parts are stressed ...

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Data logging made easy
September 2000
Mimic Crafts has announced the launch of new additions to its EasyLog range of data logging equipment from Lascar Electronics. EasyLog HL is a small, low cost, handheld programmer and data retrieval unit ...

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High-speed RS232 data transmission
September 2000
Advantech's PCL-849 series from ProMicro provides four individually configurable RS232 serial communication ports while the PCL-849+ has a 16C654 UART. By buffering data into 64-byte packets before putting ...

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Compact, adaptable dataloggers
September 2000
ACR dataloggers distributed by Datalogger SA are small (about the size of a packet of cigarettes), lightweight (110 g), battery powered and easy to use. They are adaptable to almost any monitoring situation. ...

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Internet-ready programming tool
September 2000
LabVIEW 6i has Internet-ready capabilities that increase the productivity of engineers and scientists. With this version, users can deploy control applications to colleagues with the new LabVIEW Player ...

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Pentium MMX processor-based panel PC
September 2000
Advantech's PPC-140T/120T Intel Pentium MMX industrial panel PCs are human- machine interfaces. Equipped with a 531 or 307 mm TFT LCD, they are good as monitoring devices and interfaces in information ...

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Digital I/O counter card with programmable clock generator
September 2000, Danntech
The PC digital I/O counter card is a plug-in card intended to fulfil general-purpose digital input, digital output, counting and timing requirements in PC-based measurement and control applications. The ...

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B & A Projects completed commissioning of paste plant expansion
July 2000
Johannesburg-based electrical and control system house B&A Projects has successfully completed commissioning of the paste plant for Chartech in Witbank. The expansion project included electrical instrumentation, ...

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PCI solution for 4-channel isolated D/A output cards
July 2000
The PCI-1720 from Advantech, (represented locally ProMicro) provides four 12 bit isolated digital-to-analog outputs for the PCI bus. It is an ideal solution for process control, servo control and programmable ...

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Quality loadcells that last for many years
July 2000
In 1984, Instrotech installed six stainless steel Revere loadcells to weigh the yeast tanks at SA Breweries in Alrode. Sixteen years later the systems are still operating faultlessly which, according ...

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Intelligent monitoring card for PC-system can allow operators to take action before system failure
June 2000
To meet the increased demands of stability and self-detection required in automation processes, Advantech has introduced the PCL-752, an intelligent monitoring card for PC systems. The card can detect ...

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An effective solution for medium and large industrial Ethernet networks
June 2000, Industrial Automation & Control (IAC)
Underpinning trends in automation technology and process control is a move towards open, transparent system solutions. These rely increasingly on PC control with either intranet or Internet access. The ...

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Locally manufactured, multipurpose underground telemetry system is suitable for any terrain
June 2000, Spero Sensors & Instrumentation
There are many situations where the SL 2000 system from Sperosens could be of great use, some of these include:    * Fire detection systems for underground alarms where existing cable could be used. * ...

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Embedded web servers- a new technology trend
May 2000
The World Wide Web has brought a powerful, vendor independent user interface to the world of embedded applications. SAN People have brought this interface to all embedded serial devices.

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