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Monitor Archive
See also our subject index of back issues.
- Issue 305 - Mastering data logging techniques
- Issue 304 - DAQ units compared
- Issue 303 - Speedy setup of free DAQ software
- Issue 302 - Data Acquisition Software: Features to look for in 2024
- Issue 301 - 9 Technologies for occupancy sensing
- Issue 300 - Looking back over 300 issues of Monitor
- Issue 299 - Linearisation
- Issue 298 - Filtering - removing interference from your signal
- Issue 297 - Sustainably manufactured hardware
- Issue 296 - Data acquisition and the smart city: A Connected Future
- Issue 295 - Calibration times and logging to Access database
- Issue 294 - AI and Data Acquisition
- Issue 293 - Using Windmill to communicate with instruments
- Issue 292 - Reviewing RS-485
- Issue 291 - How to choose data acquisition equipment
- Issue 290 - Windows 11 and USB devices
- Issue 289 - Computer vision in measurement and control
- Issue 288 - Flow control - what you need to know
- Issue 287 - Logging from I2C devices
- Issue 286 - Replacing cement with eggshells
- Issue 285 - Extracting data from an instrument's messages
- Issue 284 - Using timing and counting for DAQ
- Issue 283 - Measuring pH
- Issue 282 - Storing CO2 in undersea rock
- Issue 281 - How accurate are your temperature measurements?
- Issue 280 - Investigating damage to concrete beams
- Issue 279 - Removing C02 from biofuels
- Issue 278 - Measuring temperatures of exploding batteries
- Issue 277 - DAQ terms plus laser displacement
- Issue 276 - Seven steps to reducing noise
- Issue 275 - Making older buildings safe
- Issue 274 - Fixing fluctuating measurements
- Issue 273 - What are smart sensors?
- Issue 272 - Disadvantages of phone signals for data acquisition
- Issue 271 - Laser particle counters
- Issue 270 - Measuring human cell-level forces
- Issue 269 - Remote sensing with LoRaWAN
- Issue 268 - Testing concrete strength
- Issue 267 - MQTT: communication for the IoT
- Issue 266 - Measuring changes in position
- Issue 265 - What makes a city smart?
- Issue 264 - Connecting devices over Internet and Ethernet
- Issue 263 - Monitoring rock health for CO2 storage
- Issue 262 - Investigating affect of pH on Cadmium levels
- Issue 261 - Increasing storage safety after mineral extraction
- Issue 260 - Virtual machines and data acquisition
- Issue 259 - Understanding TCP/IP for data acquisition
- Issue 258 - Data logging from Modbus devices over TCP-IP
- Issue 257 - How to monitor and display occupancy
- Issue 256 - Data logging over the IoT
- Issue 255 - Artificial intelligence and data acquisition in retail
- Issue 254 - Measuring torque
- Issue 253 - 7 Sensing technologies to measure footfall
- Issue 252 - Multiplexing explained - settling time, cross-talk, etc
- Issue 251 - Data logging tips
- Issue 250 - Solving manure problems
- Issue 249 - Round-the-clock product testing
- Issue 248 - Solving solar power surges
- Issue 247 - How often to sample an analogue signal?
- Issue 246 - Modelling biomass fuel self-combustion
- Issue 245 - Investigating cell forces; fish farming
- Issue 244 - Excitation and data logging via internet
- Issue 243 - How do I control the digital out ports based on the analogue inputs?
- Issue 242 - Why and when to calibrate measurement instruments
- Issue 241 - Fires in Tunnels: Researching the spread of heat and smoke
- Issue 240 - Investigating the biomechanics of human tendons
- Issue 239 - Measuring moisture absorption of nut shells
- Issue 238 - Automatic passenger counting
- Issue 237 - Isolation of inputs
- Issue 236 - Impact testing of drug delivery device
- Issue 235 - Control and waves
- Issue 234 - Last chance to buy Windmill software for RS232 devices
- Issue 233 - Investigating bio-oil fuel production
- Issue 232 - Parsing the 009 tab character
- Issue 231 - Which range and resolution to choose?
- Issue 230 - Controlling digital outputs
- Issue 229 - How to measure voltage
- Issue 228 - Parsing data
- Issue 227 - Excel Corner
- Issue 226 - How to trigger data acquisition
- Issue 225 - Data acquisition questions answered
- Issue 224 - Materials compression testing
- Issue 223 - Downloading ComDebug on its own
- Issue 222 - Interfacing a high voltage meter to a computer
- Issue 221 - Smart City sensors
- Issue 220 - Strain and power supplies
- Issue 219 - Data acquisition from sensors in the sea
- Issue 218 - When to filter signals
- Issue 217 - LibreOffice and OpenOffice
- Issue 216 - Measuring the Olympics
- Issue 215 - What you need to know about signal conditioning
- Issue 214 - How to take readings from a Rice Lake Balance
- Issue 213 - Taking weight readings
- Issue 212 - Measuring plankton concentration
- Issue 211 - Vehicle Sensing
- Issue 210 - CO2 control in research greenhouse
- Issue 209 - User Interface Design Revisited
- Issue 208 - Starting charting
- Issue 207 - Data acquisition under Windows 10
- Issue 206 - Nickel recycling
- Issue 205 - Human Sensing
- Issue 204 - Understanding A/D Converters
- Issue 203 - Aquaculture research in the lab
- Issue 202 - New version of ComDebug has more Modbus options
- Issue 201 - Controlling relays
- Issue 200 - 200 issues of articles
- Issue 199 - When to use handshaking?
- Issue 198 - Cracking soil; Ohaus balance
- Issue 197 - Logging from weather stations
- Issue 196 - Improving accuracy, & difference to precision
- Issue 195 - Researching crop efficiency
- Issue 194 - Specifying a measurement system
- Issue 193 - Using DAQ software in medical research
- Issue 192 - Which counter or timer; Excel files
- Issue 191 - Interfacing DOM; Keystrokes to Excel
- Issue 190 - Debugging serial communications
- Issue 189 - Investigating pollution from salmon farms
- Issue 188 - USB devices under Windows 8
- Issue 187 - Data acquisition with Modbus Devices
- Issue 186 - USB Dropping with Windows 7; Internet of Things
- Issue 185 - Versatile Logging Software Works for you
- Issue 184 - Logging data to the top of a spreadsheet
- Issue 183 - ASCII, Decimal, Hex and Control Characters
- Issue 182 - Get Started more Quickly with ComDebug DAQ Software
- Issue 181 - Testing composite materials; Monitoring ships at sea
- Issue 180 - New, improved free ComDebug data acquisition software
- Issue 179 - Measure Strain over Internet and Ethernet
- Issue 178 - Tips on using Windmill
- 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 - 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 - Simultaneous sampling
- 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 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 10, 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 Communication
- 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
- 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 - Switching analogue inputs
- 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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