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Your Chart Recorder is Obsolete

It’s time to scrap your old chart recorder and replace it with a contemporary solution. You hate the purchase and repair costs, the time spent fine-tuning the chart recorder to keep it running, and filing all that paper. At the same time, you don't want to give up its instantaneous real time display, elegantly simple pen-on-paper storage, and its ease-of-use. If you've looked at other PC solutions and decided that they don't measure up, try one of ours. You won't be disappointed. There has never been a better time than now to retire a mechanical chart recorder for one of our easy-to-use PC-based chart recorder solutions.

DATAQ Instruments offers a wide array of hardware products that are compatible with our WinDaq data acquisition software to elegantly replace any chart recorder. Complete and effective solutions begin at only $50. At any given moment, somewhere in the world, someone has retired their chart recorder in favor of a PC-based recording system from DATAQ Instruments to solve their tough measurement problems. Scan the following requirements grid learn how we can make your measurement tasks easier, more accurate, and less costly.

Your Requirements	The Chart Recorder Solution	Our PC-based WinDaq Solution
Real time display	Simple pen-on-paper real time focal point.	Uses the PC’s monitor to generate an instantaneous real time scrolling or oscilloscope-like graphical and numeric display.
Real time storage	Simple pen-on-paper action records activity.	Acquired data is streamed to the PC’s hard drive without gaps as Windows-compatible files.
Review while recording	Simply look at paper beyond the real time point.	Run WinDaq’s Playback software while WinDaq Recording software continues to record.
Engineering units scaling	Count Y-axis grids and perform arithmetic aerobics to derive equivalent engineering units.	All numeric and graphical data scaled into your engineering unit of choice. No mental arithmetic.
Accurate timing measurements	Count X-axis grids and perform arithmetic aerobics to derive timing.	Instant calculations for elapsed time, and even rates of change.
Easy data archive	Reams of chart paper in a filing cabinet.	Windows files on your PC that can be archived to server drives, CDs, DVDs, USB flash drives, etc.
PC-based analysis	None.	Use the substantial analysis utilities built into WinDaq Playback software, or export data to Microsoft Excel or any other analysis application that you prefer.
Low maintenance	Pens and paper need to be replaced and the electromechanical design is unreliable.	Purely electronic design that is inherently designed for longevity.
Simple data sharing	Send or photocopy a sheaf of paper.	Email a data file or share it on a server. Anyone can download our WinDaq Playback software free-of-change to review, analyze, and export to other applications directly from their own PC.
Economy	Constantly replenish consumables, like pens and chart paper.	Buy it once. No consumables to replenish.
Portability	Be in good shape, or find a cart.	Most of our products weigh less than a couple of pounds and fit in a purse.
Stand-alone recording	Intrinsic, since a PC isn’t required to acquire data.	Many of our hardware products support stand-alone operation, recording data to a removable SD-style memory card.

Former Brush and Gould Recording Systems engineers and marketers founded our company. No one understands your needs better and no one has a better solution. Let us show you how you can…

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See for yourself, in four easy steps, how our instrumentation solutions replace traditional chart recorder instruments:

1. Learn how our WinDaq software made us famous by replacing chart recorders.
2. View our line of WinDaq-compatible hardware products.
3. Learn about our most popular product combination (pdf white sheet).
4. See how others put WinDaq software and hardware to work.

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