As promised in my blog, I have an update on student loans. There is an online petition to reconstruct the current student loan repayment system. These changes entitled,”The Student Loan Fairness Act (H.R. 1330)” would create a new “10-10” standard for student loan repayment, in which an individual would be required to make ten years […]
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DAQ Series: Transmit and Receive Information
DAQs work within computer systems. However, in order to make data acquisition work you must transmit and receive signals in order to process the information. There are a wide variety of interfaces used to connect data acquisition hardware to computers such as PCI bus, Ethernet and USB protocols. In addition to interfaces connecting DAQ systems […]
DAQ Series: Methodology associated with data acquisition
In the previous DAQ series, What is a Data Acquisition (DAQ), and How DAQs Work at a High Level, terminology that is analogous with DAQs was mentioned. To delve further, this series will discuss the some of the methodology associated with data acquisition. Transducers, Sensors, Actuators: As we know, data acquisition begins with a physical […]
DAQ Series: How DAQs work at a high level
As Daniel Carnes (Facebook reader) said, “As more and more data acquisition systems make their way into our lives it is good to know how they work at least at a high level.” Taking a cue from Mr. Carnes, engineers are no longer stereotyped as the person wearing the white coat in a lab. We […]
DAQ Series: What is a Data Acquisition System (DAQ)?
Data acquisition systems (DAQ) are getting a lot of engineers’ attention lately. Pondering minds would like to know what is a DAQ? To clarify, it is simpler to explain what a DAQ “does” than to answer, “What it is”. The DAQ was invented circa 1964, with the purpose of doing something with software. Initially, DAQ’s […]
