Interoperability Fosters New Data Acquisition Standard

摘要

The Open Data Acquisition Standard (ODAS) drafted by the new Open Data Acquisition Association establishes a viable software interface definition for PC plug-in (PCPI) data acquisition cards. The standard provides a specification for the five primary subsystems found on most data acquisition boards and is based on Microsoft COM technologies—not on any one vendor's current software implementation. The association is made up of leading PC-based data acquisition companies: ComputerBoards, Data Translation, Hewlett-Packard, LABTECH, OMEGA Engineering, and Strawberry Tree. The group is dedicated to developing and maintaining a universal, open standard allowing interoperability between data acquisition hardware and software from multiple vendors.