Getting Started Creating Data Dictionaries: How to Create a Shareable Data Set

Getting Started with D3 - Creating Data-Driven Documents

Getting Started In PC-Based Data Acquisition

I hate to use clichés, but suppliers of data acquisition system (DAS) products need a reality check. Too commonly educated in electrical or software engineering, we pack our sales material with technical jargon only persons with a similar background can understand. This is great for impressing the competition, but we leave many potential customers drifting in our wake. Too often, the customer f...

Getting Started with the DATA Step Hash Object

A time consuming part of many SAS® programs is looking up a value from one data set in another data set. SAS 6 lookup methods, like SET with KEY= or a format, are good for many applications. However, in SAS 9, there is a better tool, the DATA Step hash object. The hash object provides a fast, easy way to perform lookups without sorting or indexing. This paper introduces the hash object, examine...

Creating Shareable Security Modules

While there is increased appreciation of the need to provide students with education in computer security, there are significant challenges associated with the creation of shareable computer security modules that can be used by a wide-range of educators. This paper discusses some of the challenges that educators currently face in this area, and presents a means to couple a successful framework ...

Getting Started- a Checklist

How many inputs need to be recorded? What types of inputs need to be recorded? Voltage and sensitivity Thermocouples RTD's Do different input types need to be recorded in the same unit? What type of recording is required? Continuous Multiplex scanning (what minimum scan cycle is required?) Is a communciation interface required? To transmit measured data to a computer For remote setup of recorde...