Date published: 01.09.08 - not release date

Grant’s high performance Squirrel data loggers now ‘network ready’ with built-in Ethernet

Grant Instruments' news release

- Grant Instruments’ Squirrel SQ2020 and SQ2040 powerful and portable data loggers enhanced with built-in Ethernet to provide faster, more reliable system networking and remote data transmission

CAMBRIDGE, England, March 21, 2007 - Grant Instruments (www.grant.co.uk), a world renowned manufacturer and supplier of data acquisition, scientific and life sciences products, has enhanced its Squirrel SQ2020 and SQ2040 high performance portable data loggers with built-in Ethernet, at no extra cost to the customer. This enhancement provides users with an out-of-the-box ‘network ready’ data acquisition product boasting faster implementation, more reliable system networking and remote data transmission.

With twin processors, multiple 24-bit

analogue-to-digital converters, 8 to 32 universal channels and 8 event inputs, plus USB and RS232 (Wi-Fi and GSM) connectivity, the Squirrel SQ2020 and SQ2040 ranges, provide the flexibility for use as portable, stand-alone loggers or as PC-linked data acquisition systems. Target applications include industrial testing and research, such as vehicle testing or engine monitoring, scientific and environmental research, and quality assurance.

The new Squirrel SQ2020 and SQ2040 high precision (0.05% of reading and 0.025% of range) data loggers can store up to 1.8 million readings in the onboard memory - additional storage is available via a removable Multimedia (MMC) or SD card. The units also feature up to 16 calculated/derived channels and 4 alarm outputs for triggering external devices. They are powered from internal cells, an external power supply or via USB connection.

Like all Squirrel loggers, the SQ2020 and SQ2040 series feature an intuitive graphical display and are very easy to configure, and connect to virtually any sensor input. The loggers are able to fulfil many data logging needs, including more demanding applications requiring up to 100 readings per second on 4 channels (Squirrel SQ2040-4F16).

SquirrelView set-up and download software for a PC is provided as part of the system to enable users to export stored data to a chosen PC based application. The Squirrel SQ2020 and SQ2040 are compatible with Grant’s comprehensive range of temperature probes and with commercially available sensors for measuring a variety of physical parameters.

The Grant data acquisition product range extends from high specification, portable data logging systems (Squirrel family) through to fully integrated custom-configurable acquisition and control systems (dataTaker family). All products come with a comprehensive warranty. OEM versions of most products are available on request.

For more info about Grant Instruments’ wide range of data acquisition products, please visit www.grant.co.uk.
Alternatively, telephone +44 (0) 1763 260811 or e-mail acquisitionsales@grant.co.uk.

A high resolution (300dpi jpeg) photo of the Squirrel SQ2040 logger can be downloaded from:
http://www.grant.co.uk/About/News/

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About Grant Instruments’ data acquisition products

Grant Instruments (Cambridge) Limited www.grant.co.uk) is a world renowned supplier of own-brand scientific, life sciences and data acquisition products. The company has been designing, manufacturing and distributing measurement and control systems for the past 50 years and has established a worldwide reputation for high quality, reliable and robust systems designed to satisfy the most demanding data collection requirements across industrial, scientific, R&D and environmental applications. Headquartered at Shepreth on the outskirts of Cambridge, England, the company has an extensive network of dealers and distributors servicing Europe, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific region. Datataker Pty Ltd. (www.datataker.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grant Instruments, manufactures advanced, integrated data acquisition systems under the dataTaker brand and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

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