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Data acquisition is an essential task in a huge variety of applications, but they typically have similar requirements and a similar structure.

Our ZestDAQ software is a platform for data acquisition and control applications. Provided free of charge to Orange Tree customers, ZestDAQ consists of multiple FPGA logic cores. It is designed to make the buffering, formatting and transfer of data between peripherals or sensors and a host PC as straightforward as possible.

Click here to read our latest article about data acquisition, and how ZestDAQ simplifies the challenges in embedded systems

FinScan is a Finnish company that makes timber inspection systems, using machine inspection to increase a sawmill's yield. 

For their latest system, BoardMasterNOVA, they selected our ZestET1 Gigabit Ethernet FPGA module to provide a high-performance interface between the cameras and the computers.

Click here to read a case study about FinScan's system, and to find out why they chose ZestET1.

You can also read a version of the case study that has appeared in Embedded Computing magazine.

Orange Tree Technologies today announced ZestDAQ, a software platform for data acquisition (DAQ) and control applications running on the company’s Zest series of USB and Gigabit Ethernet boards.

Provided free of charge to Orange Tree customers, ZestDAQ consists of multiple FPGA logic cores designed to make the buffering, formatting and transfer of data between peripherals or sensors and a host PC as straightforward as possible. 

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Our article 'Ethernet applications for the Industrial Internet of Things' is featured in the November issue of EE Times Europe. In the article, we discuss approaches to implementing high-speed Ethernet in industrial applications, and the benefits of our TCP/IP Offload Engine (TOE). 

Click here to read the article