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Re: A/D board recomendation?



At 10:42 AM on 4/15/97, <phys-l@mailer.uwf.edu> wrote:

Hi,

Can anyone recomend an A/D board with the following capabilities:

1) Will work with a Mac (I've got access to many older models which are
just laying around unused).

2) Has 3 channels to input data.

3) Can take data accurately at a rate of at least 200Hz on all three
channels simultaneously and continuously.

4) Doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

5) Is not too difficult to control (ie. comes with good software or can be
controlled with BASIC or something easy to program).

I've been using Vernier's ULI, which is great and easy to use but only has
2 channels. Can anyone recomend the next step up?

Thanks
kyle


Depending on how much arms and legs cost up north, you might want to look
at National Instruments products. They have a Lab-NB board for $700-800
which far exceeds your requirements and makes many other things possible
too. They require NuBUS machines. They come with some kind of programming
language (NIDAQ?) but I've never used it. But a real bargain would be the
student version of LabVIEW which is made to control these cards.

If I remember correctly they can be reached at 1-800-IEEE-488 or 1-800-433-3488.

I have no affiliation with them, I just use their stuff in my Physics Lab
courses.

Chip