Ethernet communication with E-series DAQ

[Ed Haack]

I have several DAQCard-AI-16XE-50 PCMCIA cards. I have accessed them via ethernet in the past when they were installed in network connected laptops. Are there any NI or third party products that a PCMCIA card can be pluuged into that will connect to an ethernet network so I don't have to put several laptops out in the plant? I don't want to change everything over to Fieldpoint.

[Russell]

Wow, this is an amazing coincidence. I'm sure you were just about to give up hope on this idea. I'd read your post and was just talking with a friend of mine who had heard of this company, ViaSat, that produces such a device. So here's a link to the ViaSat MiniDAT. I don't know anything about it or what it's limitations are, but at least it's a start! Looks pretty nifty to me.

Russell
Applications Engineer
National Instruments
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