Data acquisition and control, Computers

Part of List of Firms by Vadim Makarov

Directories

Scientific Computing & Automation Magazine

published by Cahners Electronics Group. A classified database of manufacturers on-line.

Free subscription.

SUBSC: (12.98)

Individual Firms

Advantech

- DAS and industrial PCs (i. e. tested for rigorous environmental conditions)

C: *.96(bought) 11.97

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Keithley

- also listed in stand-alone T&M

Represented in Norway by Teleinstrument A/S

C: 10.97 12.98 09.99(auto new products sheet) 11.00(autoreminder) 08.01(autoreminder) 06.03(autoreminder; via Teleinstrument A/S) 10.04(autoreminder; follow-up to seven-years-old catalog request!)

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National Instruments

- computer-based measurement and automation - hard- and software. LabVIEW

C: 10.97 (11.98)
U: LabVIEW

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IOtech

C: 11.97 12.98

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ComputerBoards

C: 11.97

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Acromag

C: 11.97

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Data Translation

C: 11.97

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DataQ

C: 11.97

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GW Instruments

C. 11.97

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Intelligent Instrumentation

C: 11.97

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GaGe

- very high-speed, deep-buffered DAS and waveform generation for the ISA and PCI buses

C: 11.97

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Link Instruments

- cards: digital oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers and I2C monitors for the ISA bus and parallel port

C: 11.97

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Celerity Systems Inc.

- very high-speed, deep-buffered DAS and playback systems for the VME bus

Request a catalog by e-mail

C: 12.98(then got a call from Norwegian representative - VSYSTEMS)

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Datel

- DAS, digital panel meters, DC/DC converters, ADC

C: (12.98)

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PC Instruments

- "high-performance instruments for the PC", including waveform generators and fast sampling oscilloscope cards

C: 12.98 (a bunch of ad sheets requested by email: info@pcinstruments.com)

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Geotest

- "PC-based test solutions", including authorized distribution of products from PC Instruments.

C: (12.98)

Abbreviations for my internal notes

• Elan - PCMCIA (PC Card) and PCI Solutions: DAQ, Comms & Multifunction Cards, Reader/Writers, Copiers & Software
• NetAcquire - Solutions to distributed test and measurement applications. Custom- and many off-the-shelf configurations. Real-time data acquisition and signal processing (servers) combined with high-speed networking, Web interface.
• ACME Portable Machines, Inc. - Manufacturer of industrial, rugged, lunchbox portable computer for technical computing and automation application. -- added by Patricia Hsu (phsu@acmeportable.com) in July 2001
• Keyence Corporation - Factory automation sensors, machine vision systems and measuring instruments for non-contact inspection and measurement. -- added by Mr Keith Godden (keith-g@keyence.co.jp) in September 2001
• ADAC Corporation - Plug in data acquisition boards, LabView and TestPoint compatible. -- added in February 2002
• Eagle Technology - Manufacturer of a wide range of PC-based data acquisition & control products including analog input, digital I/O and analog output cards. -- added by Nathan Bearman (nathan@eagle.co.za) in February 2002
• ACCES I/O Products, Inc. - Manufacturer of products used to interface real-world control & monitoring applications to Personal Computers. We offer mid-range cards on PCI, ISA, PC/104 and RS-485 network busses with the following functions: analog I/O, signal conditioning, digital I/O, relay control, optical isolation, RS-422 and RS-485 multi-port serial communication. -- added by Chris Persidok (cpersidok@accesio.com) in March 2002
• Strategic Test - UltraFast transient recorder / oscilloscope PCI boards. 38 PCI boards providing maximum sampling rates from 200 kHz to 500 MHz and up to 512 MB onboard RAM. Up to 8 simultaneous input channels per board. -- added by Bob Giblett (bgiblett@strategic-test.com) in October 2002
• Acnodes - industrial computers. Modules include: rackmount and panel mount monitors, panel PC, keyboard drawer, LCD keyboard drawer, rackmount computer. -- added by Tony Han (from Acnodes) in December 2002
• USBee - USBee digital test pods - logic analyzer, signal generator. -- added by Tim Harvey (support@cwav.com) in October 2003
• FlexiPClink - USB instrumentation and equipment, custom PC USB interfacing consultants. -- added by Arsen Leontijevic (arsen@microstek.com) in February 2005