Data Translation Introduces Low-Cost, High-Value Digital I/O Board for USB, Furthering Expansion of the USB Data Acquisition Market

Basingstoke, Hants., March 7, 2001 – Data Translation Ltd. [Nasdaq: DATX] today introduced the DT9835, offering the best cost-per-point for digital I/O on the market. Operating in a rugged metal enclosure, the DT9835 draws all its power from the USB, making it simple to install and easy to add digital I/O capabilities to any PC for laboratory or industrial applications.

The DT9835 has 96 digital lines, 64 I/O and 32 input, grouped into twelve 8-bit ports. Eight ports are either input or output and four ports dedicated as inputs. Digital outputs are capable of driving external solid-state relays. The DT9835 board can generate an interrupt when any of the 16 digital I/O lines corresponding to ports 1 or 2 changes state. This feature is ideal for monitoring critical signals or signaling the host computer to transfer data to or from the board.

The module comes with the Data Acquisition Omni CD, a free software bundle that gets users up and running quickly and allows them to create customized applications that best suit their needs.
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The software bundle includes Quick DataAcq, a menu-driven, ready-to-run application; DataAcq SDK, a software development kit; TestPoint, an object-oriented, drag-and-drop software evaluation and run-time application; Scope instrument application; a VEE Pro 6.0 with MATLAB® Script evaluation package; and 32-bit Windows® 98, 2000, and ME device drivers.

"This is our eighth plug-and-play product for the USB," said Nigel Doe, Data Translations UK Sales Manager. "The DT9835 is a compact, USB-powered, rugged device that offers a simple solution for a variety of digital I/O applications."

Availability, Pricing, and Support
The DT9835 is available immediately for 595.00. The product photo can be viewed and downloaded from Data Translations website at www.datx.co.uk under "News."

Data Translation provides complete technical support for all its products. Support is also available 24x7 via Data Translations website at www.datx.co.uk

About Data Translation
Data Translation is a leader in the design, development and manufacture of high performance data acquisition and imaging products. For more than two decades, Data Translations products have provided engineers and scientists with accurate and timely data for measurement, analysis and process control in a wide range of industrial, scientific and medical applications. Data Translations principal products in this area are data acquisition and imaging hardware, which are used in personal computers ("PCs") to receive analog signals, convert them to digital form and process the digital data. Data Translations strategy is to identify and capitalize on growth opportunities in the data acquisition, imaging and machine vision markets.

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