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Two new 8-channel Analog Input
devices feature
accurate temperature and voltage measurement
Melbourne
- July, 2007- Firetail DAQ, Australian Distributor of low-cost data acquisition
products from Measurement Computing Corp (MCC), today announced the release of
two new 8-channel USB analog input devices, the USB-TC-AI and the
USB-TEMP-AI. These new products feature four differential temperature
inputs, and four differential or single-ended voltage inputs with programmable
gain and are modeled after the highly successful USB-TC and the USB-TEMP
products, which have all eight input channels configured for temperature.
These new ‘AI’ versions of our
USB-TC and TEMP products fill a gap in the test and measurement community for
accurate temperature and voltage measurements on a single USB device and provide
flexibility and high performance at a good price.
The USB-TC-AI temperature
channels support J, K, R, S, T, N, E, and B type thermocouples. The input ranges
for the four voltage channels are software programmable for
±10 V, ±5 V, ±2.5 V,
±1.25 V.
The USB-TEMP-AI supports the
same thermocouple types as the USB-TC-AI, plus RTDs, thermistors, and
semiconductor temperature sensors, and has the same voltage input ranges.
The USB-TC-AI and the
USB-TEMP-AI are USB 2.0 full-speed, modules supported under current popular
Microsoft® Windows®
operating systems, and are both fully compatible with both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0
ports. Separate, 24-bit analog-to-digital (A/D) converters are provided for each
pair of analog inputs. And, both devices, in addition to the temperature and
voltage input capabilities, provide eight independent, TTL-compatible digital
I/O channels to monitor TTL-level inputs, communicate with external devices, and
to generate alarms. The digital I/O channels are software programmable for
either input or output.
Both the USB-TC-AI and
USB-TEMP-AI have an integrated cold junction compensation (CJC) sensor for
thermocouple measurements. The USB-TEMP-AI also has built-in current excitation
sources for resistive sensor measurements.
The USB-TC-AI and
USB-TEMP-AI ship with an impressive array of software included in the MCC DAQ
Software CD. The disk includes out-of-the-box applications, drivers, and
libraries that meet the needs of programmers and nonprogrammers alike.
For more information visit
www.mccdaq.com or contact
roger@firetaildaq.com.au
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