Emerson: New NI mioDAQ USB Data Acquisition Technology Delivers Quality Insight to More Engineers
October 2, 2024
Emerson has recently expanded its NI USB data acquisition (DAQ) product line with the new NI mioDAQ device.
To help engineers meet the increasing demand to improve quality and reduce time-to-market when developing advanced electronic technologies, the NI mioDAQ solution offers improved measurement performance, more powerful software and an easier setup experience.
Electronic products, from smartphones to laundry machines to human-connected biosensors, continue to grow in complexity. Engineers need access to more powerful tools to design and test the increasingly sophisticated products that have become integral to users’ daily lives. Emerson’s NI mioDAQ bus-powered USB DAQ device, the company’s most powerful to date, features up to 16 channels of 20-bit resolution and delivers 1 million simultaneous samples per second.
It was built for optimal performance, offering improved measurement capabilities, simplified setup and upgraded software. Its modern mechanical design and USB type-C connectivity simplify setup and increase accessibility to engineering teams. This capability enables engineers to debug complex designs early in the development cycle, significantly reducing costs.
“For more than 30 years, the NI brand has set the industry standard for quality and performance in data acquisition,” said Ritu Favre, group president of Emerson’s Test and Measurement business. “Our team listened closely to the needs of test and measurement professionals to simplify setup and save engineers precious time. The NI mioDAQ solution offers new, powerful features that provide the best-in-class data validation.”
Designed for the desktop but robust enough for fully automated test benches, the hardware features up to 32 analog input channels, four high-speed analog outputs, 16 flexible digital lines, four counters, and guaranteed specs for two- and 10-year calibration cycles.
The NI mioDAQ device’s setup page streamlines the initial user setup process. By simply scanning a QR code on the device, engineers gain immediate access to essential software and startup resources, including the pin map, manual, drivers, setup videos and other technical documents. This efficient access minimizes setup time and frustration, allowing engineers to start using the solution quickly.
Each device ships with all necessary connectivity accessories and a USB cable, further reducing configuration time and enhancing the accessibility of quality measurements.
NI mioDAQ devices now support FlexLogger Lite data logging software, ideal for engineers needing quick data access. It integrates seamlessly with Emerson’s NI LabVIEW software and the LabVIEW+ suite for lab and manufacturing test systems. With more than two decades of using the same DAQ driver, engineers using existing NI DAQ hardware can expect backward compatibility and easier performance upgrades.
Additionally, the NI mioDAQ solution and its driver support software development with C/C++, C#, Python and other languages. Emerson offers enhanced Python support, simplifying package and driver software installation with a command line package script. Full documentation is available on Read the Docs hosting platform, and full open-source access to the Python Package, including over 50 example programs, is available through GitHub.
