About Data Translation

Data Translation, founded in 1973 and headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., is a leading supplier of data acquisition software and hardware to the test and measurement market. With expertise in the design of high-accuracy, high-quality analog hardware and application software, the Company partners with end users and OEMs alike to help them achieve their test and measurement goals. With over thirty years of experience, customers have come to rely on Data Translation because of its world-class software, design proficiency, high-quality manufacturing, and respected customer service. Data Translation has a worldwide presence, with distribution in more then 40 countries and subsidiaries in Germany and the U.K.

Thirty years of innovation began with a data acquisition module that converted real-world analog data to digital information that could be processed by a computer. Several years later, Data Translation engineers developed an industry breakthrough: the first multifunction data acquisition board that was eventually ported to the PC. Today, the Company continues its dominance in the hardware arena with the introduction of new technology for USB, ranging from low cost economical devices to high performance modules combining high speed and high accuracy with the power and convenience of USB. Even greater barriers were broken with the introduction of the world's fastest simultaneous USB Data Acquisition module with throughput rates up to 2.0MHz per channel.

In 2001, the Company launched its own application software package, Measure Foundry. This powerful test and measurement software is a rapid application development environment that allows anyone to easily and quickly create measurement applications without programming. Using a drag and drop graphical interface, combined with property pages, the user can create sophisticated measurement solutions in a fraction of the time needed with previous packages.

In 2007, a new add-on to Measure Foundry was introduced that allows users to quickly and easily configure applications with LXI instrument capabilities using IVI-COM drivers. This opened up Measure Foundry to the world of instruments. Existing industry interfaces such as GPIB, PXI/VXI, RS-232, and USB are also supported through SCPI commands via the VISA transport layer.

In late 2007, the Company also introduced its first LXI instrument — TEMPpoint. TEMPpoint is a line of easy-to-use temperature measurement instruments. Accuracy is embodied through design features that are unmatched in any other instrument. This product represents the company's entrance into the instrument world.