Accession Number:

AD1031656

Title:

A Custom Data Logger for Real-Time Remote Field Data Collections

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Army Engineer Research and Development Center Vicksburg United States

Personal Author(s):

• Dickhudt,Patrick J.
• Hathaway,Kent K.

Report Date:

2017-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

The purpose of this Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note CHETN is to describe a versatile, reliable, and relatively inexpensive custom-built datalogger system utilized by the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory CHL, Field Research Facility FRF, for remote real-time data collections. This custom data logger is compact and energy efficient but has the same functionality as a personal computer allowing flexibility in programming languages and data collection routines, easy incorporation of new instrumentation, simultaneous collection of numerous 20 instruments, secure communication and data transfer, and direct communication with deployed instruments.

Descriptors:

• operating systems
• programming languages
• personal computers
• DATA ACQUISITION
• terminals

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE