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Monitor Archive
See also our subject index of back issues.
- Issue 177 - Capturing Data from High-Numbered Com Ports
- Issue 176 - Google+; Log data from DDE Servers
- Issue 175 - Data Acquisition with Excel
- Issue 174 - New: Enhanced Windmill
- Issue 173 - Windows 8; Testing Trains
- Issue 172 - 27% Off pH Monitoring; Getting live data into OpenOffice
- Issue 171 - Investigating Flood Effects on Building Materials
- Issue 170 - Choosing a People Counting System
- Issue 169 - Reducing Signal Noise; New thermocouple data logger
- Issue 168 - New pH data logger
- Issue 167 - Strain Package aids fit of Prosthetic Limbs
- Issue 166 - Interfacing an Adam Thermocouple Module
- Issue 165 - New data acquisition unit for Ethernet and Internet
- Issue 164 - How to set up data logging from your device
- Issue 163 - Logging data when you press a button
- Issue 162 - Windmill Launch free TCP/IP data acquisition software
- Issue 161 - Understanding TCP/IP: logging via Ethernet and Internet
- Issue 160 - Thermocouple Logger Redesigned
- Issue 159 - Understanding RS485
- Issue 158 - Data logger launched
- Issue 157 - Strain measurement
- Issue 156 - Hexadecimal data and RFID
- Issue 155 - Half price data acquisition and control
- Issue 154 - Thermocouple monitoring
- Issue 153 - Automating test runs with sequence control software
- Issue 152 - Multiplexing
- Issue 151 - Free logging software; Modbus Settings
- Issue 150 - Windmill 7 launched for just £50
- Issue 149 - Windmill Help files
- Issue 148 - USB Drivers for Windows 8, 7
- Issue 147 - Interfacing a Denver balance
- Issue 146 - Monitoring oxygen consumption
- Issue 145 - Finding data in serial messages
- Issue 144 - Data acquisition with Linux
- Issue 143 - Using the free data acquisition software
- Issue 142 - Energy management
- Issue 141 - Windows 8, 7
- Issue 140 - Which version of Windows?
- Issue 139 - Automatically starting logging
- Issue 138 - Continually logging grape weight
- Issue 137 - Excel; DAQ exhibitions
- Issue 136 - Controlling Analog Inputs with Windmill
- Issue 135 - Interfacing an ICP Das module
- Issue 134 - DAQ Glossary Update
- Issue 133 - Excel; DAQ exhibitions
- Issue 132 - Interfacing a Remontic sonar
- Issue 131 - People counter; Excel
- Issue 130 - Choosing the sampling rate
- Issue 129 - 7 Ways to Reduce the Size of the Powerpoint File
- Issue 128 - 5 Ways to speed up data acquisition
- Issue 127 - Sensors in agriculture
- Issue 126 - Measuring torque
- Issue 125 - Happy New Year
- Issue 124 - DAQ Glossary
- Issue 123 - LVDTs; Pivot tables in Excel
- Issue 122 - Debugging noisy measurement systems
- Issue 121 - Number formats in Excel
- Issue 120 - ASCII codes for serial instruments
- Issue 119 - Messages from RS232 instruments II
- Issue 118 - Messages from RS232 instruments I
- Issue 117 - E-mailing on alarm in Excel
- Issue 116 - Interfacing a Sylvac Dial Gauge
- Issue 115 - Garmin Interfacing
- Issue 114 - Survey; Sartorius
- Issue 113 - Backing up Windmill
- Issue 112 - RS232 to Ethernet; Web to Excel
- Issue 111 - Monitoring liquid uptake
- Issue 110 - Wireless data acquisition
- Issue 109 - NMEA checklist
- Issue 108 - People counting
- Issue 107 - Interfacing a Vehicle's Data (OBD)
- Issue 106 - Excitation
- Issue 105 - DAQ Programming Tools Checklist
- Issue 104 - Serial Driver Checklist
- Issue 103 - LabIML Checklist
- Issue 102 - Monitor Satisfaction Survey
- Issue 101 - USB Box to Measure Strain
- Issue 100 - USB-Serial Converters II
- Issue 99 - USB-Serial Converters I
- Issue 98 - Resetting a Counter from Excel
- Issue 97 - Determining Soil Health
- Issue 96 - Drift and Calibration
- Issue 95 - Range and Resolution
- Issue 94 - USB; DAQ Exhibitions
- Issue 93 - pH Update
- Issue 92 - How to Measure pH with a PC
- Issue 91 - Gas Sensor Monitoring
- Issue 90 - Climate Change Research
- Issue 89 - DGPS, Satellite Navigation
- Issue 88 - New People Counting Software
- Issue 87 - Diesel Engine Monitoring
- Issue 86 - DAQ Glossary
- Issue 85 - Parallax BASIC Stamp to Excel
- Issue 84 - Mettler Toledo Balances; OpenOffice
- Issue 83 - Troubleshooting RS232 Connections
- Issue 82 - WiFi Wireless Networks and RS232 Instruments
- Issue 81 - Materials Testing; PID Control
- Issue 80 - Tensiometers; Variable Speed Drives
- Issue 79 - Data Logging II
- Issue 78 - Data Logging
- Issue 77 - Data Acquisition
- Issue 76 - Seabed Surveying and Mapping
- Issue 75 - Locating Oil Contamination
- Issue 74 - RS232 Handshaking
- Issue 73 - New Footfall Measurement Software
- Issue 72 - Live Data Acquisition News Feed
- Issue 71 - Control Systems
- Issue 70 - Generating Excel Reports
- Issue 69 - Current Monitoring; Parsing Data
- Issue 68 - Alarm Handling
- Issue 67 - Dynamic Data Exchange Tutorial
- Issue 66 - Data Acquisition Survey; Excel Corner
- Issue 65 - Bottling Quality Control; Humidity
- Issue 64 - Windmill 6 Launched; Isolation
- Issue 63 - Train Brake Testing Time Reduced
- Issue 62 - Automotive Crash Testing
- Issue 61 - People Counting
- Issue 60 - Transient Capture over USB
- Issue 59 - High Speed Data Collection Software
- Issue 58 - Investigating Pollution from Submarine Springs
- Issue 57 - Resistance Measurement
- Issue 56 - Windmill and I2C; Energy Monitoring
- Issue 55 - Powder Flow Research; Excel Corner
- Issue 54 - Temperature Packages; Hospital Freezer Monitoring
- Issue 53 - Strain Package; Excel Corner
- Issue 52 - Interfacing NMEA Instruments
- Issue 51 - Protecting the Water Table; Excel Corner
- Issue 50 - Temperature Accuracy; Excel Corner
- Issue 49 - Coral Reef Mapping; Voltage Inputs
- Issue 48 - Eco-House Monitoring; Teaching Technology
- Issue 47 - PLCs and Excel
- Issue 46 - DAQ Index; COM Port Settings
- Issue 45 - Triggering Data Acquisition
- Issue 44 - Fluorescence Mapping; GIS
- Issue 43 - Survey Results; Exhibitions
- Issue 42 - Modbus; RS232 COM Port
- Issue 41 - Monitoring fish farming; Excel Corner
- Issue 40 - Torque meter; Sensors
- Issue 39 - Energy Monitoring; Excel Corner
- Issue 38 - Free Serial Software Update; Excel Corner
- Issue 37 - Automating Electroforming Processes
- Issue 36 - Analogue Outputs and Control Systems; Excel Corner
- Issue 35 - Monitoring Renewable Energy; Excel Corner
- Issue 34 - Charting and Excel
- Issue 33 - Data Logging from Pilot Chemical Plant
- Issue 32 - Serial Communications and New Free COM Port Software
- Issue 31 - Monitoring Powder Flow Rate
- Issue 30 - GPS; Web-Based Data Acquisition
- Issue 29 - Low Cost USB Units
- Issue 28 - GPIB; Internet Condition Monitoring
- Issue 27 - Engineering Units
- Issue 26 - Multiplexing
- Issue 25 - Index and Exhibitions
- Issue 24 - USB Data Acquisition
- Issue 23 - Weather Monitoring
- Issue 22 - Laboratory Tool for Teachers
- Issue 21 - Access and Visual Basic
- Issue 20 - Data Logging Tips
- Issue 19 - Windmill Tips and Free Software
- Issue 18 - Process Control in Education
- Issue 17 - Measuring Strain
- Issue 16 - Excel, Data Acquisition Magazines and Visual Basic
- Issue 15 - Remote Sensing and RS232
- Issue 14 - Standards
- Issue 13 - Excel, Access and Visual Basic
- Issue 12 - Product Testing, Newsgroups
- Issue 11 - Differential v Single-Ended Inputs; Employment
- Issue 10 - Specifying a Data Acquisition System; Bookshops
- Issue 9 - Designing the User Interface; Virtual Libraries
- Issue 8 - Filtering
- Issue 7 - Counting and Timing
- Issue 6 - Emission Monitoring
- Issue 5 - How to Use Your PC to Measure Temperature
- Issue 4 - Analogue Signals and Types of A-D Converter
- Issue 3 - A-D Converter Specifications
- Issue 2 - PC Connections
- Issue 1 - Transducer Monitoring; Search Engines
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