A
Acronyms (table)
ActiveX Controls
Alarm modules
Aliasing
Amplifiers,
    function
    programmable gain (PGA)
Analog-to-digital conversion (ADC),
    accuracy
    acquisition time
    conversion time
    definition
    selection factors
    throughput
    transfer time
    types
Application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs)
ARCnet
Auto dialers
B
Backbones
Backplanes
Burst mode sampling
Bus topologies
C
C++
Cabling,
    (also see Wiring)
    analog options
    coaxial
    digital network
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with
    Collision Detection (CSMA/CD)
Code width
Cold junction compensation (CJC)
Compact PCI
Comparators
Component Object Model (COM)
Contact closure
Current-to-voltage conversion
D
Data acquisition,
    definition
Data acquisition systems,
    boards/cards
    hardware
    high accuracy
    high speed
    rack-mount
    selection criteria
    software
    specialty boards
Data communication equipment (DCE)
Data terminal equipment (DTE)
Data Link Layer (DLL)
Data loggers
Decimal prefixes
Differential inputs
Digital input/output
    (see Input/output)
Digital-to-analog (D/A) conversion
DIN rail
Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE)
E
EIA-485
Electrical,
    relationships
    symbols
    units
    Electrical Industries Association
    Ethernet
    Excitation
F
Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
Fiber optics,
    multi-mode
    single mode
Fieldbus networks
Filtering
Flash/parallel ADCs
Foundation fieldbus
Fourier, Jean Baptiste Joseph
G
Gain
Gateways
General Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB)
Ground loops
Grounding
H
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
I
IEEE-488
Industry Standard Architecture (ISA)
Input/output,
    analog outputs
    differential analog
    digital inputs
    digital outputs
    general
    hardware
    pulse
    remote
    selection criteria
    single-ended analog
Integrating ADCs
Isolation
J
Java
Jitter
M
Media Access Control (MAC)
Metropolitan area networks (MANs)
Micro Channel Architecture (MCA)
Modems,
    fiber optic
    high-speed
    isolated
    limited distance
Multiplexing
N
Networking/networks,
    concepts
    device_level
    fiber optic
    fieldbus
    media options
    models
    parallel
    routing
    selection criteria
    serial
    shielding
    topologies
    wireless
Noise,
    frequencies
    sources
Nyquist theorem
O
Object Linking & Embedding (OLE)
Object orientation
Ohm, George Simon
Omega Engineering,
    about
Open Systems Interconnect (OSI)
Operating systems
Oscilloscopes,
    analog
    digital storage (DSO)
    features
    recorders
    selection criteria
P
PC bus architectures
    capacities
    descriptions
    speed comparisons
PC/104
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
Personal Computer Memory Card
    International Association (PCMCIA)
Profibus
Programmable gain amplifier (PGA)
Protocol converters
Q
Quantization error
R
Ramping/counter ADCs
Recorders,
    circular chart
    classifications
    flatbed
    hybrid
    oscillographic
    selection criteria
    strip-chart
    trend
    videographic
    XY
Relay, driving
Resistor,
    color codes
    networks
    standard_values
Resolution
Ring topology
RS-232
RS-422
    RS-485
S
Sample-and-hold (SH) circuitry,
    concept
    functionality
Sample rate
Satellite applications
Sensitivity
Sensor,
    input boards
    types
Sequenced Packet Exchange/Internetwork
Packet Exchange (SPX/IPX)
Settling time
Signal,
    scaling
    types
    typical ranges
Signal conditioning,
    functions
    hardware
Signal-to-noise ratio
Simultaneous sampling
Single-ended inputs
Star topology
Software,
    components
    curve-fitting
    data interface
    development
    process monitoring
    mathematical manipulation
    operating systems
    selection procedure
    statistical analysis
Statistical process/quality control (SPC/SQC)
Successive approximation ADCs
T
Temperature input boards
ThinNet
Token networks
Transistor-to-transistor logic (TTL)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
    Protocol (TCP/IP)
Transmitters
Triggering
U
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
V
Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA)
VMEbus
VXIbus
W
Waveform
Wide area networks (WANs)
Wireless networks,
    cellular/trunked
    Ethernet
    licensed radio frequency
    microwave
    spread spectrum
    unlicensed
Wiring,
    (also see Cabling)
    grades
    plain pair
    unshielded twisted pair (UTP)
    shielded twisted pair (STP)
    shielding
 
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