Datastick Systems, Inc. —  News Release
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New Datastick® signal conditioning boards expand breadth of sensor inputs and power options for data acquisition on Palm™ handhelds

Santa Clara, CA, March 5, 2003 – Two signal conditioning boards that permit a wide range of voltage inputs to the DAS-1245 Data Acquisition System for Palm™ handhelds while powering diverse types of sensors were announced today by Datastick Systems, Inc. One board also provides high-impedance and optical isolation and provides power to both the DAS-1245 snap-on module and the Palm handheld.

The SB-675 Multirange Signal Adapter Board for DAS-1245 enables the Datastick® DAS-1245 Data Acquisition System to read measurements across a very wide range of input voltages and to supply power to sensors with a wide range of power requirements. An external 24 V power supply is provided with each adapter board.

The SB-675ZP High-Impedance Multirange Signal Adapter Board for DAS-1245 additionally protects the DAS-1245 peripheral from voltage surges with high-impedance analog isolation for its four analog channels and optical digital isolation for its digital counter channel. The board also powers the DAS-1245, which in turn provides pass-through power to the Palm handheld.

“Datastick Systems is expanding the user base for analog data acquisition on handhelds by meeting the needs of customers with a wide variety of test and measurement applications,” said Michael Scandling, Vice President of Marketing for Datastick Systems. “These new boards enable our DAS-1245 system to acquire data from a much wider range of analog sensors.”

The DAS-1245 Data Acquisition System consists of the snap-on peripheral and one of three Datastick Connection™ software packages. The DAS-1245 module snaps onto the Palm handheld via the Palm Universal Connector and acquires data from sensors on up to four analog input channels and one digital counter channel. Sensors are then attached to the module, or to one of the accessory boards that attach to the module. Measurements are displayed on Datastick Connection software on the handheld, recorded, and transferred to desktop computers in a Palm HotSync® operation.

The DAS-1245 Data Acquisition System is used in industry for conditions-based maintenance, machine health, and process control, as well as in environmental monitoring, R&D, education, and other test and measurement applications.

The DAS-1245 system has 0 – 5 V input levels. The new SB-675 and SB-675ZP boards enable an additional seven unipolar input ranges from 0 – 50 mV to 0 – 24 V and seven bipolar input ranges from +/- 25 mV to +/- 12 V, selectable for each channel. They also provide sensor power output in +5 V, +24V and a range of five adjustable output voltages from +2 V to +15 V.

Both boards are designed to allow the customer to place them inside industrial enclosures with or without corresponding sensor arrays and other equipment.

Datastick Systems, Inc., designs and develops cost-effective handheld data acquisition products for a broad range of commercial, scientific, governmental, environmental and educational markets. Datastick developed the first general-purpose data acquisition hardware and software system for the Palm platform.

Datastick is located at 275 Saratoga Avenue, Ste. 160, Santa Clara, CA 95050. For more information, call Datastick Systems, Inc., at 408 615-5774, fax 408 615-5778, visit the web site at www.datastick.com, or email findout@datastick.com.

Datastick is a registered trademark and Datastick Connection is a trademark of Datastick Systems, Inc. Palm OS and HotSync are registered trademarks and Palm is a trademark of Palm, Inc. Oceana Sensor’s ICHM is an acronym for Intelligent Component Health Monitor and is a registered trademark and Wireless e-Diagnostics is a trademark owned by Oceana Sensor Technologies, Inc. BLUETOOTH is a trademark owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc., U.S.A. and licensed to Oceana Sensor Technologies, Inc.