LabView 6i adds internet features to data acquisition environment

EXPERIMENTERS WISHING TO CONTROL THEIR TEST ENVIRONMENTS AND LOG DATA FROM THEM HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS IN TODAY’S DIGITAL WORLD. THE SIMPLEST OPTION IS TO PURCHASE A UNIVERSAL DATA ACQUISITION CARD with analog or digital inputs or outputs. You can then use the preprogrammed software the manufacturer furnishes to control the hardware card settings and dump the results into a file or spreadsheet for later analysis. Usually this software only controls one object at a time, and you might not be satisfied with the few choices allowed. Some software suppliers provide “universal” packages that control and monitor many different remote instruments, provide a graphical interface, and, in some cases, provide fast acquisition through direct-to-disk data transfer. If you have a simple data-logging application, you might consider this type of product.