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Data loggers
News Release from: Pico Technology | Subject: USB TC-08
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 07 September 2007
Linux driver brings new software options
The USB TC-08 is an eight-channel thermocouple data logger with a USB interface.
Pico Technology has released a beta version of a Linux driver to allow programmers to control the USB TC-08 using their own software As Linux is widely used in educational and scientific computing, and is open-source and available free of charge, this driver is expected to open up a range of new applications for low-cost, accurate temperature data-logging
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 10 Mar 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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The USB TC-08 is an eight-channel thermocouple data logger with a USB interface.
It is packaged in a robust, compact case and draws its power from the USB cable, so it requires no external power supply.
It has standard thermocouple connectors that accept all common thermocouple types - B, E, J, K, N, R, S and T - allowing the user to measure temperatures from -270 to +1820C with up to 0.5C accuracy.
The TC-08 has automatic cold-junction compensation, and conversion time is 100ms per channel.
The driver is supplied in source-code form to allow compatibility with the widest possible range of Linux systems, and is accompanied by example programs in C and C++.
It is released under an open source licence which allows it to be modified and redistributed.
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