White Paper: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About DAQ and Embedded Control

This white paper explains the overall concept of data acquisition (or DAQ) in general, and takes the time to demystify the use of the term as an industry buzzword, before delving into the more technical aspects of, and considerations for, analog input systems. The paper covers popular system types, A/D conversion, input channel configuration, simultaneous sampling, accuracy specifications, sample rate, input range, etc. The paper goes on to cover temperature measurements as well as strain (& stress) measurements in detail.