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News Release from: Magna Projects and Instruments | Subject: 2HDL8 modular datalogger
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 October 2002
Compact data logger designed for tough
conditions
A compact and extremely reliable, state of the art, modular datalogger may be used in "stand-alone" mode, where it may be left remotely, or hard-wired for periodic interrogation.
Magna Projects and Instruments has added a compact and extremely reliable, state-of-the-art, modular datalogger to their portfolio The 2HDL8 is an 8-channel, 12-bit (0.024%) resolution device which was developed for undersea applications at depths (in a suitable housing) to 3,000 metres
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 10 Dec 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The datalogger may be used in "stand-alone" mode, where it may be left in situ for several months, then recovered and the data downloaded and processed, or else the logger may be configured in "hard-wired" mode and periodically interrogated by a host computer.
The instrument, which is supplied on a circuit board 50mm x 320mm weighing only 200 grammes, is available with a choice of on-board memory of 128MB or 256MB, and comes complete with a SmartMedia Disk Reader to speed transferring the data from the logger to a computer.
A whole range of sensors may be accommodated, for example inclinometers, strain gauge devices (eg pressure, tension, load), temperature sensors, single- and multi-axis accelerometers, magnetic direction etc.
The sampling rate is programmable between 2 and 30Hz, and the system has a programmable start and may be programmed to "sleep" between bursts of high-speed data recording.
As an example of duration with different logging profiles, scanning 4 channels with 128MB of memory on board would allow 24 days of continuous logging, 460 days at 20 minutes logging every 6 hours, and 600 days at 20 minutes logging every 2 hours.
The 2HDL8 has a wide range of applications in the laboratory, on process plant and in the field.
Said Magna Director Roy Carter, "These world-class compact dataloggers complement our other product ranges of signal conditioning equipment and laboratory instruments, and fit in nicely with our philosophy of offering high-specification, well priced instrumentation.
There is a huge number of applications for them in a wide range of industries and disciplines.".
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