Biodata's New and Recently Revised Web Pages

January 2008

Excel and Web Pages: How to get live data from a web page into Excel.
Microlink Application Stories: Examples of how Microlinks are used in research.

June 2007

Video Turnstile Manual: New manual for the Video Turnstile people counting system.

April 2007

IML Tools Manual: The IML Tools extend the capabilities of your spreadsheet, database or programming language. Amongst other things they let you quickly configure the hardware, take a reading from an input channel and write a value to an output channel. The latest manual includes more information on using the Tools in JavaScript on a web page.

October 2006

Application Story: Data Acquisition System Aids Climate Change Research

August 2006

Technical Support: More Microlink Manuals are available for download in pdf format.

June 2006

Biodata in the News: What the press says about Biodata's products.

May 2006

Technical Articles: How to measure pH with a computer
Products: pH Measurement over USB.

November 2005

New Product: Biodata are pleased to launch their new footfall counting system. The new Video Turnstile system can monitor many more entrances and is now completely configurable using software.
New People Counting Manual: New software has been introduced to configure the Video Turnstile units. Many operations that previously had to be done with hardware switches etc, are now available through the VT Setp software.

July 2005

Biodata in the News: What the press says about Biodata's products.

May 2005

Biodata in the News: What the press says about Biodata's products.
Applications: Microlinks are often used in research and here you can go directly to the resulting papers and articles.
Video Turnstile Dwell Meter: How long do people spend in one place? Detect the number of people visiting an area and the length of time they spend there. For retail outlets, banks, galleries, exhibitions, sporting venues, etc.

March 2005

Biodata in the News: What the press says about Biodata's products.
Analogue Inputs Manual: The Microlink 305x Manual is now available for free download in pdf format.
Analogue-to-Digital Converter Manual: The Microlink 304x Manual is now available for free download in pdf format.
Analogue Outputs Manual: The Microlink 304x Manual is now available for free download in pdf format.
High Speed Data Aquisition Manual: The Microlink 307x Manual is now available for free download in pdf format.

February 2005

Biodata in the News: What the press says about Biodata's products.
Timing and Counting Manual: The Microlink 302x Manual is now available for free download in pdf format.

January 2005

Digital Inputs and Outputs Manual: The Microlink 301x Manual is now available for free download in pdf format.

December 2004

Video Turnstile Leaflet: New leaflet detailing the software options for analysing data collected by the Video Turnstile people counting system.
Application Stories: Microlinks are often used in research and we've added links to the resulting papers and articles which have been recently published.

November 2004

Video Turnstile Manual: New version of the Video Turnstile people counting manual is now available.

June 2004

Live Measurement and Control News: Get live news of data acquisition developments in your web site or RSS news feed reader.
Video Turnstile Manual: The Video Turnstile people counting manual is now available in pdf format.
Systems Integrators: Big Ben Instrumenten has changed its name to Eurias. The telephone number and e-mail address have also changed.

May 2004

Video Turnstile Leaflet: New leaflet explaining how to count the number of people entering and leaving shops, banks, bars and other buildings.

April 2004

Windmill 6 Software: New version of the Windmill data acquisition software suite.

March 2004

Application Story: Monitoring the temperature of liquid nitrogen freezers in a hospital.

October 2003

Biodata in the News: What the press says about Microlink measurement and control systems.
Microlink 770 Leaflet: Send for a free transient capture leaflet, or download it in pdf format.
Video Turnstile: Accurate people counting units for shops, galleries, bars, banks, etc.
Microlink 770 Manual: The Microlink 770 Manual is now available from the website in pdf format.

September 2003

Microlink 770: Waveform capture over USB.
USB Product Summary: Guide to the Microlink 700 Series of USB products.

August 2003

Microlink 752: Resistance measurement over USB.

March 2003

Microlink Manuals Available On-Line: The Microlink 751 and Microlink 752 Manuals are now available in pdf format.

January 2003

Biodata in the News: What the press says about Microlink measurement and control systems

October 2002

Microlink OPC Servers: Use Excel, LabView, etc with the new Microlink OPC Servers
Microlink 826: More utility meter loggers can be connected to one PC, and each logger now counts higher.

July 2002

Technical Notes: OPC: Article on the OPC (open process control) standard.
Application Stories: Now includes links to papers and articles by researchers who used Microlinks as part of their equipment.
Technical Support: The Windmill 5 Installation and Configuration Manual has been updated, and you can now download a copy in pdf format.

April 2002

Microlink 3070 Modules: High speed scanning for the modular Microlink 3000 measurement and control system.

February 2002

Laboratory Automation: Computerising an electrodeposition laboratory.

October 2001

Microlink 826: Real-Time energy consumption monitoring to your desktop.
Biodata in the News: Read what the papers and trade magazines have to say about our new products.
Free Energy Monitoring Leaflet: Send for a free leaflet on real-time energy monitoring.

July 2001

Technical Notes: Engineering Units: History, style conventions and rules for using units.

March 2001

Technical Notes: Designing the User Interface: Invaluable advice for creating your own Windows to display data.

February 2001

Technical Notes: RS232 Serial Port: Article on serial ports and RS232.

December 2000

Wire Proving System: Functional testing of electrical operation for modern transport systems.

November 2000

Send for Free Literature: Send for our new USB data acquisition leaflet.

September 2000

Technical Notes: USB: The universal serial bus: what is it and why use it?

August 2000

Microlink 751 USB Unit: Data acquisition has never been so easy as with our new, compact, Microlink 751 unit. Just plug into your computer's USB port - and go.

June 2000

New Price List: We've reviewed all our prices and the good news is that many have been held or reduced. All our hardware prices are now inclusive of software.

May 2000

Free Literature: You can now view or download the Microlink Systems Catalogue in pdf format.

March 2000

Microlink 306x Series: Analogue input modules for high speed scanning: simultaneous sampling, anti-aliasing and rms options.

February 2000

Technical Notes: What is the difference between differential and single-ended inputs?

December 1999

Microlink 305x Series: Analogue input including voltage, current, temperature, resistance and strain.

November 1999

Microlink 304x Series: Details the Microlink Series of Analogue-to-Digital Converters.
Product Testing: Explains the testing procedure for internal combustion engines.

October 1999

IML Tools: New programming tools for Excel, JavaScript and Visual Basic.

September 1999

New Windmill Manual: More examples of using Excel with Windmill are in issue 4.7 of the Windmill Manual. Some of them are reproduced here.
Microlink 303x: Output control with a range of analogue-to-digital converters - voltage and current output.

August 1999

Windmill 5: New Version of popular Windows data acquisition software.

July 1999

Microlink 302x: Timing and counting modules for the Microlink 3000 system.

June 1999

Microlink 301x: Digital Input and Output for the Microlink 3000 system.

May 1999

Microlink 3000: Leading modular data acquisition and control system.

March 1999

GPIB Adaptor Card: Microlink 2002 links personal computers to the IEEE-488 bus.

February 1999

Emission Monitoring: Continuous emission monitoring with new software and the Microlink 751 unit.
Microlink 590 Screw Terminal Unit: Screw terminals for plug-in cards and Ethernet units.
Microlink 594 Bridge Input Unit: Used in conjuction with the Microlink 700 Series USB units

January 1999

Microlink 593 Isothermal box: Used in conjuction with the Microlink 700 Series USB units, when monitoring thermocouples.

December 1998

Free Literature: More leaflets added to our selection of free literature
Microlink 3000: Updates to the Microlink 3000 Hardware User Manual

September 1998

GPIB (IEEE-488): Technical notes on the general purpose interface bus.

July 1998

New Agent: We now have a systems integrator in China.
External Links: Search the NewHoo directory directory from our site and browse the data acquisition and control category.

March 1998

Free Literature: More free literature for you to send for.
Search Our Site: To make it easier for you to find what you're looking for, we've added our own search engine.

January 1998

Exhibitions: Visit us at MTEC and see our systems for yourself.
Product Summary: More data acquisition product links.

December 1997

Waveform Capture Sofware: Capture data from Ethernet devices or cards which plug into your PC.

November 1997

Software to interface serial instruments: Link laboratory instruments to a PC over RS232.
Product Summary: A summary of the data acquisition and control products on this site.

October 1997

Waveform Capture over Ethernet: New manual for the Microlink 68x: High speed logging over Ethernet networks.
Data Acquisition Links: More links to other data acquisition and control sites.

September 1997

Technical Notes: More notes on the technical details of data acquisition and control.

August 1997

Analogue Signal Sampling Rates: Explains how to choose the optimum sampling rate for your analogue signals.

July 1997

Monitoring Strain: Describes Microlink methods of measuring strain.
Data Acquisition Links: Summarises the links to other sites found throughout our pages.

June 1997

Post-Sales Service: Details our re-calibration, extended warranty and bonded stock services.
Unattended Monitoring Systems: Describes some of the options in remote, unattended, monitoring systems.

May 1997

Send for a New, Free, Leaflet: Our new leaflet describes remote monitoring and control.

April 1997

Client-Server Software for Networks: New Repeat program simplifies network communications and speeds up large systems.

March 1997

Data Acquisition Hardware Design Service: We've set up a new web site focusing on our expertise in designing data acquisition hardware such as printed circuit boards, signal conditioning circuits, transducer power supplies and connection panels.
New Version of Windmill Replay: Notes on the updated manual for Windmill Replay.

January 1997

New Class of Instrumentation Software: Windmill ELS: Robust and versatile software for distributed systems.

October 1996

Systems Integrators around the World: New Microlink agent in Taiwan.

September 1996

New Data Acquisition Software: New software makes for more versatile data acquisition and control

August 1996

Exhibition Dates: More details of exhibitions where you can try our hardware and software.
New Data Analysis Software: FAMOS analysis software is now even more powerful.

July 1996

Product Testing Application Story: Tells how a Microlink system ensures rigorous safety testing of new trains.
New Release of Data Logging and Control Software: Windmill now runs under Windows NT.

June 1996

Another Free Software Demo for Windows: Download a demo of Windmill's logging, charting, process mimic, hardware set-up and DDE control applications.
Transient Capture Press Release: New transient capture system is very easy to use.

May 1996

Download a Free Software Demo: You can now download a demonstration of Streamer, the high speed data acquisition software for Windows.
Technical Support: Now includes a table of hardware and software manuals, with details of what's changed in the latest issues.

October 1995

Design Modification Service: We are sometimes asked to modify our hardware so it does exactly what our customers want. This page covers some recent customised solutions.

September 1995

Application Stories: Biodata's systems are used in industrial, educational, R & D and medical situations.

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