Data Acquisition System: Single and Multi-channel
Data Acquisition System: A data acquisition system is a type of information system that gathers, stores, and delivers data. It gets used to collect electrical signals or environmental conditions on a computer device in industrial and commercial electronics, as well as environmental and scientific equipment. A data logger is another term for a data-gathering system. DAQ is a wide word that encompasses a variety of instruments and technologies used to collect data. DAQ systems typically include DAQ software and hardware, as well as actuators and sensors and they require underlying network infrastructure for data transfer between the data collection hardware and software. It further gets characterized into the single and multi-channel data acquisition system. The hardware is often made up of external expansion slots. These can get linked to the computer via a communication medium such as PCI or USB, or they can get mounted directly into the motherboard. The hardware gets linked to an