ADLINK Announces the Small Footprint ``Smart'' Data Acquisition Solution.

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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2002

Also Provides Simultaneous Operation, High Immunity to Noise, Analog

and Digital Triggering, Automatic Calibration and Multiple Card

Synchronization Capability

ADLINK Technology Inc., the leading supplier of open-platform PC- based measurement and automation equipment, today introduced the DAQ-2010, a 4CH simultaneous 2MHz A/D and 2 CH 1MHz D/A multifunction card.

The DAQ-2010 is the first member of the DAQ-2000 series, using the innovative carrier/daughter design allowing most advanced functions to integrate into a half-size PCI card while providing an easy migration path from PCI bus to PXI/CompactPCI bus.

DAQ-2010 uses the latest carrier and daughter modular design concept, which separates the analog circuitry and digital circuitry into two cards, thus it greatly reduces the signal noise generated by digital parts and increases the Effective Numbers of Bits (ENOB) in the data measurement.

In addition, the carrier/daughter design makes upgrade from PCI form factor to CompactPCI/PXI effortless by simply changing the PCI carrier to PXI -- all this is done without any modification to the software codes.

Versatile trigger function of DAQ-2010 allows users to trigger data acquisition to start and stop in order to get valid information from the fast changing transient data. Thus allowing DAQ-2010 to acquire accurate high bandwidth signal from ultrasonic systems, radars, sonar and high frequency transient signals.

Special intelligent timing control logic and data buffer management allows high-speed data I/O throughput at the same time, which enables accurate high-speed measurement with no time delay. This makes DAQ-2010 the ideal device for stimulus/response testing.

Calibrating the DAQ-2010 is achieved with a simple software command to automatically adjust the offset and gain setting to achieve best data accuracy. Multiple card synchronization is done with high-speed signal bus for trigger and clock transmission. Such interface allows multiple cards to be integrated into a system and provides card-to-card synchronization.

DAQ-2010 is equipped with numerous advanced features to make an ideal device to measure high-speed signal and perform high-performance system testing.

About ADLINK Technology

ADLINK Technology is a leading manufacturer of high-performance, high-quality PC-based add-on cards for tests, measurement, automation and process control industries. ADLINK is also quickly emerging as a leader in industrial computing products, with innovative Passive Backplane and CompactPCI platforms.

ADLINK products are marketed globally through direct sales offices for OEM/ODM customers and an extensive network of worldwide sales channels.

The company has more than 50% of its employees in research and development in the following product groups:

-- Automation: Motion controllers in PCI/CPCI form factors and open I/O systems
technology for high-speed real-time control applications.

-- Test and Measurement: NuDAQ Series of ISA/PCI/cPCI Data Acquisition and
communication I/O cards, NuDAM series of remote Data Acquisition Modules and
DAQBench 32-Bit Active X Controls for Visual Programming and control.

-- Computer and Communication: CompactPCI and PXI computing platforms in both
3U and 6U form factors and NuPRO series of PICMG Single Board Computers in Half
and Full size versions.