Intelligent data logging streamlines operations

Modern data loggers can do much more than simply record analog and digital signals as did previous generations of these devices. Enhanced processing power combined with predefined math, statistical and alarm functions, and flexible programming interfaces, allow them to process measured data locally, reduce the volume of data being stored, and generate actionable information.

Data loggers seem simple enough, but an increase in intelligence with computing and networking capability as well as signal capture and recording has made them powerful tools on the factory floor. Terry reviews some of the advances in data logger technology and some application ideas showing these features at work.

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