Direct-Connect

The ability to connect various sensors directly to the measurement equipment is now a reality. There is no need for additional signal conditioning.

This has not always been the case. Sensors are based on physical properties, metals, crystal, resistance, capacitive features, and other such elements. Previously, they had to be amplified, voltage-shifted, isolated, provided excitation, or other, using electronic means to be conditioned for acceptance and compatibility with the measurement inputs.

Direct-Connect modules now contain this necessary signal conditioning inside the module. The result is fast, straight-forward connection between the sensor and the module.

Application software is available to control and analyze the resulting data to solve the complete problem. For Ethernet modules, built-in web page software provides data collection and export to Excel.

Modules that are Direct-Connect equipped are listed below:

USB
Application	Module	Sensor	Internal Signal Conditioning	Easy-to-Use Compatible Software
Vibration	DT9837 DT9837A DT9837B	Accelerometer	Current source excitation AC/DC Coupling	VIBpoint Framework QuickDAQ 2013
Sound	DT9837C	Microphone	Current source excitation AC/DC Coupling	VIBpoint Framework QuickDAQ 2013
Strain	DT9838	Strain Gage	1/4, 1/2, Full Bridge Completion Bridge Excitation TEDS Load Cell	VIBpoint Framework QuickDAQ 2013
Temperature RTD High Voltage	MEASURpoint	Thermocouple RTD Battery Stack	CJC, analog filtering Precision current source, filtering Precision high voltage resistors, filtering	QuickDAQ 2013
Low-Cost Temperature	DT9828	Thermocouple	CJC, analog filtering	QuickDAQ 2013
Ethernet
Application	Module	Sensor	Internal Signal Conditioning	Easy-to-Use Compatible Software
Vibration	DT8837	Accelerometer	Current source excitation AC/DC Coupling	VIBpoint Framework Eureka Discovery Tool Web Interface IVI-Com driver SCPI commands
Temperature RTD High Voltage	MEASURpoint	Thermocouple RTD Battery Stack	CJC, analog filtering Precision current source, filtering Precision high voltage resistors, filtering	QuickDAQ 2013 Eureka Discovery Tool Web Interface IVI-Com driver SCPI commands