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The Newsletter for PC-Based Data Acquisition and Control
Issue 25 www.windmill.co.uk August 2000
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Welcome to our second birthday edition of Monitor from Windmill
Software. For the first time we've compiled a complete index of
the contents of previous issues. We hope you find this helpful.
We also cover discussion lists and exhibitions.
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CONTENTS
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* Windmill News: DAQ Unit Down in Price at Online Catalogue
* Complete Index of Previous Issues
* Discussion Lists
* Exhibitions
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Windmill News:
DAQ Unit Down in Price at Online Catalogue
The Microlink 590 unit is now reduced to 115 GB pounds (around
170 US dollars or 190 Euros). The 590 provides screw terminals,
allowing your signals to be permanently wired. It also offers
many other facilities, including
* noise filtering
* input protection from high voltages
* contact closure inputs
* AC inputs
* current to voltage conversion
* biasing to ground
* output protection
* external current source switching
You can use the Microlink 590 with either data acquisition cards
installed inside the PC, or with data acquisition units plugged
into the PC's universal serial bus port.
To buy the Microlink 590 at its reduced price visit our on line
catalogue.
For more details on the universal serial bus see last month's
issue of Monitor
https://www.windmill.co.uk/monitor24.html
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Index to Monitor Issues
This month we celebrate Monitor's second birthday. From an
initial mailing to 140 people, our subscriber list has grown to
nearly 7000. Thank you all for your continuing interest and
support.
Over the past 2 years we have covered many issues relating to
data acquisition and control: here is a comprehensive index to
the information published. If you have any suggestions for
subjects you'd like covering in the future, please let us know.
E-mail: monitor@windmillsoft.com
A/D Converters www.windmill.co.uk/a-d.html
A/D Converters, types of www.windmill.co.uk/adc.html
Abbreviations A-G www.windmill.co.uk/monitor22.html
Abbreviations H-M www.windmill.co.uk/monitor23.html
Abbreviations N-Z www.windmill.co.uk/monitor24.html
Access Database and DAQ www.windmill.co.uk/monitor20.html
Analogue Inputs www.windmill.co.uk/adc.html
Book Shops on the Internet www.windmill.co.uk/acquisition.html
Connecting Equipment www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
Connecting Signals www.windmill.co.uk/monitor9.html
Counting www.windmill.co.uk/counting.html
Data Acquisition Systems www.windmill.co.uk/acquisition.html
Data Logging www.windmill.co.uk/monitor20.html
Differential Inputs www.windmill.co.uk/differential.html
Education Applications www.windmill.co.uk/activex.html
Education Applications www.windmill.co.uk/monitor22.html
Emission Monitoring www.windmill.co.uk/survey.html
Employment www.windmill.co.uk/differential.html
Engine Testing www.windmill.co.uk/testing.html
Ethernet Communications www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
Excel www.windmill.co.uk/monitor13.html
Fieldbus Communications www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
Filtering www.windmill.co.uk/filter.html
Free Software www.windmill.co.uk/freesoftware.html
GPIB Communications www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
Glossary A-D www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
Glossary E-H www.windmill.co.uk/a-d.html
Glossary I-L www.windmill.co.uk/adc.html
Glossary M-O www.windmill.co.uk/thermocouple.html
Glossary P-R www.windmill.co.uk/survey.html
Glossary S www.windmill.co.uk/counting.html
Glossary T-Z www.windmill.co.uk/filter.html
Human Machine Interface www.windmill.co.uk/monitor9.html
IEEE-488 Communications www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
Magazines www.windmill.co.uk/magazine.html
Mapping and GPS www.windmill.co.uk/rs232.html
Modbus Communications www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
Newsgroups www.windmill.co.uk/testing.html
Oil and Gas www.windmill.co.uk/activex.html
Pollution Monitoring www.windmill.co.uk/survey.html
Process Mimic Design www.windmill.co.uk/survey.html
Product Testing www.windmill.co.uk/testing.html
Programming Tools www.windmill.co.uk/standard.html
Rainfall Measurement www.windmill.co.uk/monitor23.html
Remote Sensing www.windmill.co.uk/rs232.html
Replaying Data www.windmill.co.uk/monitor23.html
Resistance Measurement www.windmill.co.uk/transducer.html
RS232 Communications www.windmill.co.uk/rs232.html
RS232 Communications www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
RS422 Communications www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
RS485 Communications www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
RTDs www.windmill.co.uk/thermocouple.html
Signal Conditioning www.windmill.co.uk/filter.html
Single-Ended Inputs www.windmill.co.uk/differential.html
Standards www.windmill.co.uk/standard.html
Strain Measurement www.windmill.co.uk/monitor17.html
Strain Measurement www.windmill.co.uk/transducer.html
Switch Testing www.windmill.co.uk/testing.html
Temperature Measurement www.windmill.co.uk/thermocouple.html
Thermocouples www.windmill.co.uk/thermocouple.html
Timing www.windmill.co.uk/counting.html
Transducer Monitoring www.windmill.co.uk/transducer.html
Universal Serial Bus (USB) www.windmill.co.uk/monitor24.html
USB Communications www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
User Interface Design www.windmill.co.uk/monitor9.html
Virtual Instrument Design www.windmill.co.uk/monitor9.html
Virtual Libraries www.windmill.co.uk/monitor9.html
Visual Basic www.windmill.co.uk/activex.html
Visual Basic www.windmill.co.uk/monitor13.html
Visual Basic www.windmill.co.uk/magazine.html
Visual Basic www.windmill.co.uk/monitor20.html
Visual Basic www.windmill.co.uk/rs232.html
Visual Basic www.windmill.co.uk/standard.html
Weather Monitoring www.windmill.co.uk/monitor23.html
Wide Area Networks www.windmill.co.uk/freewm.html
Wind Speed Measurement www.windmill.co.uk/monitor23.html
Windmill Tips www.windmill.co.uk/freesoftware.html
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Discussion Lists
Although we are always pleased to receive your comments on the
articles published in Monitor, it is primarily a one-way
communication from us to you. Discussion lists, on the other
hand, allow any subscriber to e-mail a message to everyone on the
list. Some are moderated - a person checks your message to ensure
it is on the proper topic. This filters out the "Make Money Fast"
nonsense that plagues so many of the newsgroups. Here are some
discussion lists you may find of use.
SCADA Mailing List
A discussion list to exchange information about SCADA
(supervisory control and data acquisition), and to discuss
standards in the SCADA industry.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~ianw/mailst.html
Maintenance-Engineering
This list is for discussion of condition monitoring technologies
and maintenance management. It encourages the technology exchange
between academia and industry. Very low traffic.
http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/maintenance-engineering/
INTERFACE-L -- Instrument interfacing
This list aims to encourage and facilitate the discussion of
all aspects of computer-instrumentation interfacing. The list
is unmoderated and has around 10 messages per month.
http://www.in.umist.ac.uk/lists/
EXCEL-G
A list where the general or casual user of Excel can get help for more everyday questions.
http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/excel-g.html
EXCEL-G
Forum for the more sophisticated Excel user.
http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/excel-l.html
To search for other discussion lists in your field try
http://paml.net/
http://www.liszt.com/
http://www.eevl.ac.uk/ Use your subject and "mailing list" as the search terms.
For tips on Discussion List etiquette see
http://www.gweep.bc.ca/~edmonds/usenet/ml-etiquette.html
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Exhibitions and Conferences
Starting our bi-monthly series of forthcoming exhibitions and
conferences related to data acquisition and control.
4-7 September
CONTROL 2000 Conference
University of Cambridge, UK
An international conference covering a wide variety of control
systems across the major engineering disciplines.
http://www.iee.org.uk/Conf/Control/
5-8 September
Swiss Automation Week
Basel, Switzerland
Includes industrial control and regulating systems, industrial
software and sensor technology.
http://www.messebasel.ch/saw
6-7 September
Instrumentation Scotland
Offshore systems focus plus sensors, transducers, controls, data
capture, test, measurement, monitors and analysis.
http://www.instrumentation.co.uk/instscot2000.htm
6-13 September
International Manufacturing Technology Show
Chicago, USA
http://www.imts.com/index.oft
11-13 September
Miconex 2000
International fair for measurement, instrumentation and
automation
Beijing, PRC
http://www.mdna.com/shows/miconex.html
19-21 September
MSV 2000
Brno, Czech Republic
Trade fair for measurement, control, automation and regulation
technology.
http://www.bvv.cz/msv-gb
4-6 October 2000
Controlo'2000, Guimaraes - Portugal
4th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control
http://www.dei.uminho.pt/controlo2000/
9-13 October 2000
Het Instrument
Jaarbeurs Utrecht Netherlands
The exhibition for industrial automation and laboratory
technology.
http://www.fhi.nl/hi2000/
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