scholarly journals Development of a data acquisition system for an oceanographic buoy

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Pérez Chavarrí­a ◽  
E. Estudillo Zamora
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
System Development ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Marine Current ◽  
Sampling Intervals ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Digital Or ◽  
Temperature Water

This work presents the development of a data acquisition system for an oceanographic buoy that includes the necessary sensors to measure the meteorological and marine variables which are involved in the physical processes in the ocean‐atmosphere interface. In general, the development consists of three phases:• Either digital or analogical conditioning of the signals resulting from the different sensors.• Development of the instrument's control system.• Development of both control and instrument‐user communication programming.Among the most important characteristics of the system are the following:• The buoy has sensors to measure wind direction and speed, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, air temperature, water temperature, marine current direction and speed, and wave height.• The system is programmable, this is, the sampling intervals can be programmed as well as the start and end dates of an experiment by means of a personal computer and a user‐friendly software in the Windows platform.• The instrument was designed for a low consumption of energy and with a system of solar cells to recharge the battery.To date, partial results have been generated in respect to the measurement of the oceanographic variables because the physical structure of the buoy has not been finished yet. It is important to point out that the development of this instrument is pioneer in the field of oceanographic electronic instrumentation in our country, besides it helps in the formation of qualified human resources.

scholarly journals Networked VAX/LSI/CAMAC Data Acquisition System Development

1983 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 3816-3822 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. D. Melvin ◽  
M. H. Mendenhall ◽  
T. A. Tombrello ◽  
D. L. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
System Development ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Acquisition System

scholarly journals A Unified User-Friendly Instrument Control and Data Acquisition System for the ORNL SANS Instrument Suite

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingxing Yao ◽  
Blake Avery ◽  
Miljko Bobrek ◽  
Lisa Debeer-Schmitt ◽  
Xiaosong Geng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
User Needs ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Instrument Control ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Sans Instrument ◽  
New System

In an effort to upgrade and provide a unified and improved instrument control and data acquisition system for the ORNL SANS instrument suite (Bio-SANS, EQ-SANS, GP-SANS), beamline scientists and developers teamed up and worked closely together to design and develop a new system. We began with an in-depth analysis of user needs and requirements, covering all perspectives of control and data acquisition based on previous usage data and user feedback. Our design and implementation were guided by the principles from the latest user experience and design research and based on effective practices from our previous projects. In this article, we share details of our design process as well as prominent features of the new instrument control and data acquisition system. The new system provides a sophisticated Q-Range Planner to help scientists and users plan and execute instrument configurations easily and efficiently. The system also provides different user operation interfaces, such as wizard-type tool Panel Scan, a Scripting Tool based on Python Language, and Table Scan, all of which are tailored to different user needs. The new system further captures all the metadata to enable post-experiment data reduction and possibly automatic reduction and provides users with enhanced live displays and additional feedback at the run time. We hope our results will serve as a good example for developing a user-friendly instrument control and data acquisition system at large user facilities.

scholarly journals A Unified User-Friendly Instrument Control and Data Acquisition System for the ORNL SANS Instrument Suite

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1216
Author(s):  
Xingxing Yao ◽  
Blake Avery ◽  
Miljko Bobrek ◽  
Lisa Debeer-Schmitt ◽  
Xiaosong Geng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Neutron Scattering ◽  
Small Angle ◽  
Small Angle Neutron Scattering ◽  
Data Acquisition System ◽  
Acquisition System ◽  
Instrument Control ◽  
User Friendly ◽  
Sans Instrument ◽  
New System

In an effort to upgrade and provide a unified and improved instrument control and data acquisition system for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) instrument suite—biological small-angle neutron scattering instrument (Bio-SANS), the extended q-range small-angle neutron scattering diffractometer (EQ-SANS), the general-purpose small-angle neutron scattering diffractometer (GP-SANS)—beamline scientists and developers teamed up and worked closely together to design and develop a new system. We began with an in-depth analysis of user needs and requirements, covering all perspectives of control and data acquisition based on previous usage data and user feedback. Our design and implementation were guided by the principles from the latest user experience and design research and based on effective practices from our previous projects. In this article, we share details of our design process as well as prominent features of the new instrument control and data acquisition system. The new system provides a sophisticated Q-Range Planner to help scientists and users plan and execute instrument configurations easily and efficiently. The system also provides different user operation interfaces, such as wizard-type tool Panel Scan, a Scripting Tool based on Python Language, and Table Scan, all of which are tailored to different user needs. The new system further captures all the metadata to enable post-experiment data reduction and possibly automatic reduction and provides users with enhanced live displays and additional feedback at the run time. We hope our results will serve as a good example for developing a user-friendly instrument control and data acquisition system at large user facilities.

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