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Data logger accepts info from USB stick

In what is claimed to be a world first for data loggers, UK company Datataker has launched a device that accepts a USB memory stick to either transfer collected data or send programs into the logger.

The DT80 stores up to 5 million data points and supported measurements include temperature, DC voltage, current, 4-20mA loops, resistance, bridges, strain gauges and frequency.

The digital channels provide counter inputs to 100kHz with state input or output. These channels can also be used as two-phase encoder inputs. In addition, two dedicated counter channels have adjustable thresholds for the monitoring of low level signals such as magnetic pickups.

Datataker, which is owned by Grant Instruments, says its data loggers are particularly used in the motor industry as process monitoring and quality assurance checks for both vehicle makers and their suppliers.

The company is intending to use the DT80 as the basis for a new data acquisition system later this year that will link in to the electrical Canbus network now found in all major car designs to data log variables. This is intended to make data acquisition simpler and to increase the number of inputs that can be monitored.