Consisting of sensors, data acquisition measurement hardware, and a computer with programmable software, data acquisition systems have taken on immense importance over the years amid the rise of the Industrial Internet of Things and real-time data analysis. Other factors such as infrastructure investment, growth of
Measurement Computing Corporation’s WebDAQ 316 Internet-Enabled Thermocuple Data Logger.the renewable energy grid, and demand from enterprise for strategic decision-making have all contributed to the need for new innovations in data acquisition systems (DAQs).
We at Evaluation Engineering last provided an in-depth report on trends and new products in the data acquisition systems in our June 2018 issue, and vendors have been busy since. Here, suppliers including B&K Precision, Digilent, Diversified Technical Systems, imc DataWorks, Keysight, Measurement Computing, National Instruments, Spectrum Instrumentation, Silicon Designs, and Yokogowa all weigh in on the trends, challenges, customer demands, and new solutions driving data acquisition systems forward.