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News Release from: National Instruments | Subject: Teds
Edited by the Laboratorytalk Editorial
Team on 13 October 2005
Plug and play proves popular with Teds
Transducer electronic data sheet (Teds) smart sensors proliferate as a result of the Sensors Plug and Play programme
National Instruments and leading sensor manufacturers participating in the Sensors Plug and Play programme continue to develop and release innovative, timesaving data acquisition products that support transducer electronic data sheet (Teds) smart sensors During the last 18 months, this collaboration with vendors such as Honeywell-Lebow Products, Watlow and PCB Piezotronics has delivered more than 3200 Teds sensors and measurement systems that work with the IEEE 1451.4 standard
This article was originally published on Laboratorytalk on 17 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Since joining the Sensors Plug and Play programme, we now install Teds in 90% of our products," said Kerby Hull, regional sales manager with Honeywell-Lebow Products, a manufacturer of torque sensing and force measurement equipment.
"We have shipped 3000 sensors with Teds installed and 3500 sensors with Virtual Teds, a trend that reflects the wider acceptance of smart Teds sensors.
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"We believe this growth is a direct result of the significant efficiency gains that engineers and scientists achieve by combining easy-to-use, timesaving plug-and-play sensors with high-quality data acquisition hardware".
Engineers and scientists can see significant increase in productivity and fewer data entry errors by integrating Teds sensors into their applications, says NI.
Teds-compatible hardware automatically reads information that once had to be entered by hand - including sensor-specific scaling and calibration parameters as well as vendor information - directly from the sensor.
National Instruments's Labview software was the first general-purpose application software to fully support the IEEE 1451.4 standard.
By using the free Teds library for the Labview environment, more than 30 sensor vendors offering a broad range of analogue sensors now program their smart Teds sensors in the same development environment, creating a common platform for the implementation of the standard.
Because sensors products created by Sensors Plug and Play programme members offer tight integration with NI Labview application development software, engineers and scientists not only simplify their hardware setup with Teds but also streamline their software development.
Engineers using legacy sensors can take advantage of smart sensors by downloading free Virtual Teds files for use with Labview software, and program their smart Teds sensors in a single development environment. Request a free brochure from National Instruments ...
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