Re: Low-End DAQ Board Recommendation

On Wednesday 29 January 2003 09:01, Kenneth Jacker wrote:
> Since *his* sampling rate requirements are much lower than my class'
> (<10 Hz per channel), I am looking for a cheaper solution than NI.  In
> fact, reviewing their catalog, I don't even see any "low end" boards.
>
> Though we're still having discussions, it looks like his equipment
> will need on the order of 30 analog inputs and a dozen or so digital
> ports.

NI's low end board is the PCI6023: 16 SE analog ins, 8 DIO bits - $395 (unless 
there was a price increase this year)

Measurement Computing (www.measurementcomputing.com) makes a few that are even 
cheaper that compare pretty directly to this.  The PCI-DAS-16 comes to mind.

You would probably be better off just using 2 of these boards as opposed to 
trying to buy one card that has 30+ analog inputs.  Comedi natively supports 
up to 4 different cards in the machine.

10 Hz sampling is pretty easy to do with these cards, even with software.

Hope that helps,
Caleb

-- 
Caleb Tennis
Analytical Engineering, Inc.

Received on 2003-01-29Z14:32:24