Agilent has published three new DMM application notes that you may find useful:

On Improving Digital Multimeter Throughput
This application note describeson how to make a modern digital multimeter operate at its absolute fastest transaction speed. It includes tips on reducing range and function changes, proper auto-zero operation, selecting optimal integration times and using best data […]

HBM has just released new SoMat eDAQ and eDAQ-lite data acquisition systems. The HBM SoMat eDAQ and eDAQ-lite are sealed stand-alone data acquisition systems for testing in the harshest of environments.
eDAQ systems utilize standard Ethernet communications, and host their own web servers with configurable IP addresses. No software is required to start/stop test or upload […]

The LXI Consortium (LAN eXtensions for Instrumentation) announced today that it has approved and released Revision 1.3 of the LXI Standard.
Revision 1.3 of the LXI Standard allows a manufacturer of Class C compliant instruments to customize their offerings by adding selected features from Class B or Class A categories. Users benefit from an expanding selection […]

Here’s an article I wrote for Test&Measuerment World after attending the latest Auto Test Expo. It really amazed me that there were so many data-acquisition vendors there. It has to be awfully difficult for any one of them to really stand out. Even the smallest of them has their niche, though.

The Agilent Technologies L4532A 2-channel and L4534A 4-channel digitizers are high-performance, stand-alone LXI digitizers that offer simultaneous sampling at up to 20 MS/s, and with 16-bit resolution. Agilent claims that these products represent a new category of digitizers with their robust input channel and high performance analog-to-digital (A/D) design, and on-board measurements. The isolated […]

NI has recently released three app notes that many automotive engineers will find useful:

Automated Automotive Body Inspection System for Poka-Yoke Production Lines Using NI IMAQ Vision
Developing a Strain Measurement Solution Using NI LabVIEW Software and Data Acquisition Hardware
Developing a Hardware-in-the-Loop, High-Speed Simulation and Data Acquisition System for ECU Testing with the NI PXI Platform and […]

Agilent Technologies has expanded its U1071A line of Acqiris two-channel, high-speed PCI digitizers. The product line now includes new models that offer additional functionality that can be combined with the series’ large memory capacity of up to 256 MSamples, making the digitizers ideal for use in a wider range of applications, including automated […]

According to an article on the IEEE website, the IEEE Signal Processing Society will offer free Web-based, DSP educational materials. Materials will be made available under a Creative Commons attribution license.
A lot of new material will be needed. The IEEE is calling for DSP experts to develop material that can be offered as a […]

Concurrent’s SIGnal Workbench is a dynamic data acquisition and monitoring system for rotational machinery, structural, and other vibration applications. The product provides everything needed for high-cycle fatigue testing: a real-time computer system, data acquisition input cards, programmable signal conditioning and powerful graphical test software for data acquisition control, data management, display and post-test analysis.
SIGnal […]

Pickering Interfaces has published the second edition of its successful publication– LXImate. The LXImate 130 page book provides an easy to read description of the LXI Standard, product availability, and its evolution.
The LXI Standard is accepted as the natural replacement for GPIB, providing an interface that applies the power of the Web to test and […]